Senate
Resolution
21
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Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
21
BY
KOELKER
,
ROZENBOOM
,
CHAPMAN
,
BEHN
,
SINCLAIR
,
KRAAYENBRINK
,
R.
SMITH
,
KAPUCIAN
,
BISIGNANO
,
JOCHUM
,
MATHIS
,
FEENSTRA
,
LYKAM
,
DAWSON
,
and
SCHNEIDER
A
Resolution
recognizing
the
impact
of
the
Iowa
Tuition
1
Grant
program
on
Iowa’s
citizens,
towns,
and
cities,
2
and
honoring
the
efforts
of
Governor
Robert
D.
Ray
3
and
the
legislative
leaders
of
the
63rd
Iowa
General
4
Assembly
on
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
program.
5
WHEREAS,
independent,
nonprofit
colleges
and
6
universities
have
been
a
vital
part
of
Iowa’s
higher
7
education
community
for
180
years;
and
8
WHEREAS,
Iowa’s
proud
history
of
higher
education
9
began
in
1839
with
the
establishment
of
an
independent,
10
nonprofit
institution,
St.
Raphael
Seminary,
now
Loras
11
College,
in
Dubuque;
and
12
WHEREAS,
Iowa’s
32
independent,
nonprofit
colleges
13
and
universities
welcome
students
from
throughout
the
14
country,
today
educating
more
than
50,000
students
15
at
campuses
located
in
22
towns
and
cities
in
this
16
state;
and
17
WHEREAS,
the
diversity
of
Iowa’s
independent,
18
nonprofit
colleges
and
universities
provides
students
19
the
opportunity
to
find
the
academic
programs
and
20
learning
environments
best
suited
to
their
educational
21
and
career
plans;
and
22
WHEREAS,
in
1969,
the
Iowa
General
Assembly
passed,
23
and
Governor
Robert
D.
Ray
signed,
legislation
creating
24
the
Iowa
Tuition
Grant
program
to
foster
greater
access
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for
Iowa
students
to
the
widest
array
of
educational
1
choices;
and
2
WHEREAS,
since
the
establishment
of
the
Iowa
Tuition
3
Grant
program,
more
than
600,000
grants
have
been
made
4
to
financially
eligible
Iowa
students;
and
5
WHEREAS,
Iowa’s
students,
communities,
and
economy
6
will
continue
to
rely
on
the
valuable
partnership
7
between
the
state
and
its
independent,
nonprofit
8
colleges
and
universities,
a
partnership
fostered
by
9
the
Iowa
Tuition
Grant
program;
NOW
THEREFORE,
10
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
11
commemorates
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Iowa
Tuition
12
Grant
program;
and
13
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
honors
the
14
efforts
of
Governor
Robert
D.
Ray
and
the
legislative
15
leaders
of
the
63rd
Iowa
General
Assembly
for
their
16
farsighted
action
in
creating
the
Iowa
Tuition
Grant
17
program.
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