CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2Introduced by Assembly Member VoepelJanuary 07, 2019 Relative to the federal Pell Grant Program. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAJR 2, as introduced, Voepel. The federal Pell Grant Program awards.Existing federal law establishes the federal Pell Grant Program under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide need-based grant awards to low-income students in order to promote access to postsecondary education.This measure would respectfully request the Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase the maximum annual amount of the federal Pell Grant Program award from $6,095 to $10,000 to further help low-income college students alleviate the burden of postsecondary education debt.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, As postsecondary education costs for students have increased over the years, it has become more financially burdensome for students to attend postsecondary educational institutions; andWHEREAS, United States employers require job applicants to receive advanced education degrees or credentials more so than they did in the past; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature respectfully requests the Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase the maximum annual amount of the federal Pell Grant award from $6,095 to $10,000 to further help low-income college students alleviate the burden of higher education debt; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2Introduced by Assembly Member VoepelJanuary 07, 2019 Relative to the federal Pell Grant Program. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAJR 2, as introduced, Voepel. The federal Pell Grant Program awards.Existing federal law establishes the federal Pell Grant Program under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide need-based grant awards to low-income students in order to promote access to postsecondary education.This measure would respectfully request the Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase the maximum annual amount of the federal Pell Grant Program award from $6,095 to $10,000 to further help low-income college students alleviate the burden of postsecondary education debt.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 2
Introduced by Assembly Member VoepelJanuary 07, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Voepel
January 07, 2019
Relative to the federal Pell Grant Program.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AJR 2, as introduced, Voepel. The federal Pell Grant Program awards.
Existing federal law establishes the federal Pell Grant Program under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide need-based grant awards to low-income students in order to promote access to postsecondary education.This measure would respectfully request the Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase the maximum annual amount of the federal Pell Grant Program award from $6,095 to $10,000 to further help low-income college students alleviate the burden of postsecondary education debt.
Existing federal law establishes the federal Pell Grant Program under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide need-based grant awards to low-income students in order to promote access to postsecondary education.
This measure would respectfully request the Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase the maximum annual amount of the federal Pell Grant Program award from $6,095 to $10,000 to further help low-income college students alleviate the burden of postsecondary education debt.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, As postsecondary education costs for students have increased over the years, it has become more financially burdensome for students to attend postsecondary educational institutions; and
WHEREAS, United States employers require job applicants to receive advanced education degrees or credentials more so than they did in the past; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature respectfully requests the Congress and the President of the United States to immediately take action to increase the maximum annual amount of the federal Pell Grant award from $6,095 to $10,000 to further help low-income college students alleviate the burden of higher education debt; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.