[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 81 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 81

 To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the maximum 
               Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2007

 Mr. Wu submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the maximum 
               Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800.

Whereas a college education has become increasingly important, not just to the 
        individual beneficiary, but to the Nation as a whole, and the growth and 
        continued expansion of the Nation's economy is heavily dependent on an 
        educated and highly skilled workforce;
Whereas the opportunity to gain a college education also is important to the 
        Nation as a means to help advance the American ideals of progress and 
        equality;
Whereas the Federal Government plays an invaluable role in making student 
        financial aid available to ensure that qualified students are able to 
        attend college, regardless of their financial means;
Whereas, since the inception of the Pell Grant program in 1973, nearly 
        80,000,000 grants have helped low- and middle-income students go to 
        college, enrich their lives, and become productive members of society;
Whereas nationwide, almost 65 percent of high school graduates continue on to 
        higher education;
Whereas this degree of college participation would not exist without the Federal 
        investment in student aid, especially the Pell Grant program;
Whereas nearly 25 percent of all undergraduate students receive some amount of 
        Pell Grant funding;
Whereas in the next 10 years, the number of undergraduate students enrolled in 
        the Nation's colleges and universities will increase by 11 percent to 
        more than 11,000,000 students, many of these students will be the first 
        in their families to attend college, and one in 5 of these students will 
        be from families with incomes below the poverty level;
Whereas the continued investment in the Pell Grant program is essential if 
        college is to remain an achievable part of the American dream;
Whereas increasing the maximum Pell Grant to $5,800 would result in a $1,750 
        increase in the maximum grant award; and
Whereas because Pell Grant recipients are more likely to graduate with student 
        loan debt and to amass more debt than other student borrowers, 
        increasing the maximum Pell Grant to $5,800 will help remedy this 
        disparity: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the maximum Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800.
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