PRINTER'S NO. 593

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

77

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, MENSCH, HUGHES, FONTANA, FARNESE, BLAKE,

BROWNE, ARGALL, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, SANTARSIERO, BARTOLOTTA,

FOLMER, LANGERHOLC, PHILLIPS-HILL, REGAN, VOGEL, J. WARD AND

have provided accessible and affordable higher education,

workforce training and transfer opportunities for millions of

Pennsylvania residents; and

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania community colleges serve more than

312,000 students across all of this Commonwealth's counties, and

94% of credit students are residents; and

WHEREAS, One out of every four undergraduates of this

Commonwealth attends a community college; and

WHEREAS, Community colleges serve nontraditional students,

part-time students, dislocated workers and veterans in this

WHEREAS, Community colleges offer the most affordable pathway

to the baccalaureate through more than 5,396 transfer and

articulation agreements to ensure that students seamlessly

transition from community college to a four-year degree, with

more than 35,000 students transferring each year; and

WHEREAS, Community colleges continue to graduate students in

many of the high-demand and high-growth industries vital to this

Commonwealth's economy, particularly in health care, public

safety, manufacturing and energy; and

WHEREAS, Seventy-one percent of credit programs support high-

and workforce trends; and

WHEREAS, More than 1,600 employers throughout this

Commonwealth have contracted with community colleges to provide

training for more employees, and 95,000 employees have been

trained by community colleges throughout Pennsylvania; therefore

be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of April 2019

as "Pennsylvania Community College Month" in Pennsylvania; and

be it further

RESOLVED, That the Senate encourage all residents to