A house RESOLUTION

 

TO DECLARE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 AS "SC TRIO DAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA" AND TO COMMEND THE SC TRIO ORGANIZATION FOR OVER 50 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROGRESS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY FOR TRIO PERsONNEL AND TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO BECOME COLLEGE READY, GAIN COLLEGE ACCESS, AND GRADUATE FROM AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.

 

Whereas, TRIO Programs are our nation's way of carrying out a commitment to educational opportunities for all Americans regardless of race, ethnic background, or economic circumstance. They are funded under the Title IV Higher Education Act of 1965 by the US Department of Education. TRIO Programs help students to overcome class, social, and cultural barriers to higher education and to realize their educational potential; and

 

Whereas, TRIO Programs provide services to students who come from low-income families and whose parents have not graduated with a four-year degree. Congress mandated that two-thirds of those students enrolled in TRIO Programs must fall into both these categories. Students enrolled in today's TRIO Programs mirror our nation's multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society; and

 

Whereas, a key component of student success is to provide academic tutoring, personal counseling, mentoring, financial guidance, and other supports necessary for educational access and retention; and

 

Whereas, SC TRIO brings together in a work and study community those persons who have an active interest in or who are professionally involved in broadening accessibility to and success in formal postsecondary education in the State of South Carolina. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, declare Monday, September 30, 2024, as "SC TRIO Day in South Carolina" and commend South Carolina TRIO Programs for providing over 50 years of college access and advocacy to students in the state of South Carolina.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Ms. Ashley Glenn Robinson, SC TRIO President and Ms. Regina Hailey Smith, SC TRIO Parliamentarian.

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