,,iv  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #ba1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,courtney 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,ciscomani1 ,mr4       
,quigley1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,johnson of
 ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,bell1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 
,mr4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4          
,king-,hinds1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4     
,randall1 and ,mrs4 ,mc,bath7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,oversight
 and ,government ,reform  ,,resolution  
,recognizing the significance of        
,community ,college ,month in ,april    
#bjbe as a celebration of the more than 
#a1jjj community colleges throughout the
 ,united ,states that support access to 
higher education1 workforce training1   
and more1 and broadly sustain and       
advance the economic prosperity of the  
,united ,states4  ,whereas the first    
public community college1 known today as
 ,joliet ,junior ,college in ,illinois1 
opened its doors to #f students in #aija

 as an experiment to accommodate those  
who wanted to pursue a college education
 without leaving their community2       
,whereas the term community college was 
popularized by the ,president's         
,commission on ,higher ,education in    
#aidg in recognition of the             
community-centered nature of this       
emerging sector of institutions2        
,whereas local community and educational
 leaders throughout the ,united ,states 
developed community colleges at a       
dramatic pace over several decades to   
meet their people's needs for           
educational and economic opportunity2   
,whereas today #a1jbf community         
colleges1 including #iba public1 #cf    
,tribal1 and #fi independent colleges1  
serve #aj1bjj1jjj credit and noncredit  
students2 ,whereas public community     
colleges are an affordable option1      
charging an average annual tuition and  
fees for in-district students of #c1iij1
 have an average student age of #bg1 and
 serve students who often are working1  

low-income1 parents1 veterans1 or the   
first in their family to go to college2 
,whereas community colleges are the     
primary educational institution serving 
workforce development needs in the      
,united ,states and are responding to   
current economic conditions by educating
 professionals in fields ranging from   
the semiconductor and construction      
industries to nursing and other health  
care professions2 ,whereas community    
colleges enrolled #dc4a percent of all  
undergraduate students during the       
#bjbb-bjbc academic year2 ,whereas the  
median distance from the home of a      
student attending community college to  
the community college is only #aj miles2
 ,whereas #hb percent of public high    
schools offer dual enrollment programs1 
allowing their students to take college 
classes1 usually at their local         
community college1 and offering them an 
opportunity to save time and money in   
college and jumpstart career            
exploration2 ,whereas alumni of the     

community colleges of the ,united       
,states generated #hih1ejj1jjj1jjj in   
added income to the national economy in 
fiscal year #bjbj1 equal to #d4a percent
 of the total gross domestic product of 
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas every     
dollar of public funding for community  
colleges returns #f4hj in tax revenue   
generated2 and ,whereas celebrating     
,community ,college ,month in ,april    
#bjbe provides the people of the ,united
 ,states with an opportunity to         
recognize the value of institutions that
 have long supported the prosperity1    
competitiveness1 and community vitality 
of the ,united ,states and that will be 
important to the economic future of the 
,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that the ,house of ,representatives    
recognizes the significance of          
,community ,college ,month as an        
opportunity to celebrate the over #a1jjj
 community colleges throughout the      
,united ,states that serve local and    
regional needs and strengthen the       

economy of the ,united ,states4