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PRINTER'S NO. 1637
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
309
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, MURT, DONATUCCI, LONGIETTI, SCHLOSSBERG,
DRISCOLL, MILLARD, BULLOCK, V. BROWN, HELM, SOLOMON,
D. COSTA, FRANKEL, J. HARRIS, CALTAGIRONE, KINSEY, HILL-
EVANS, SIMS AND McCARTER, MAY 5, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 5, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Expressing support for the continuation of, and urging the
Congress of the United States to take immediate action to
permanently reauthorize, the Perkins Loan Program in its
entirety and original form.
WHEREAS, The Perkins Loan Program is the nation's longest-
running Federal student loan program, created in 1958 as the
National Defense Student Loan Program and later called the
National Direct Student Loan Program; and
WHEREAS, Perkins loans are efficient, need-based, low-
interest loans that serve more than 500,000 low-income students
with high need at approximately 1700 colleges and universities
each year; and
WHEREAS, Perkins loans have favorable terms for students, for
example, interest is not charged while students are in school,
the interest rate is low and fixed, and borrowers may have all
or part of their Perkins loans canceled if they undertake
certain public service jobs for one to five years; and
WHEREAS, Participating schools share the risk of the Perkins
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Loan Program because they provide a one-third match to Federal
capital contributions and loans are made using money repaid by
previous borrowers; and
WHEREAS, The Perkins Loan Program fosters access to post-
secondary education for low-income students during a period of
declining grant availability; and
WHEREAS, Perkins loans have made higher education possible
for millions of Americans; and
WHEREAS, Without Perkins loans, thousands of Americans will
lose their chance for higher education and a better life;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives express support
for the continuation of, and urge the Congress of the United
States to take immediate action to permanently reauthorize, the
Perkins Loan Program in its entirety and original form.
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