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| 2 | | - | 2025 |
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| 4 | | - | VT LEG #382342 v.1 |
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| 5 | | - | No. R-89. House concurrent resolution designating April 2, 2025 as Early College |
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| 6 | | - | Day at the State House. |
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| 7 | | - | (H.C.R.69) |
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| 8 | | - | Offered by Representatives Marcotte of Coventry, Bosch of Clarendon, Carris-Duncan |
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| 9 | | - | of Whitingham, Cooper of Pownal, Micklus of Milton, Olson of Starksboro, Priestley of |
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| 10 | | - | Bradford, and White of Bethel |
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| 11 | | - | Whereas, the percentage of Vermont high school students pursuing postsecondary |
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| 12 | | - | education has declined significantly in recent years, and |
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| 13 | | - | Whereas, an important antidote to this trend is the Early College Program (ECP) that |
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| 14 | | - | enables high school students simultaneously to complete their senior year and freshman |
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| 15 | | - | year of college, and |
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| 16 | | - | Whereas, the enactment of 2013 Acts and Resolves No. 77, “An act… encouraging |
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| 17 | | - | flexible pathways to secondary school completion,” updated Vermont’s long history of |
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| 18 | | - | offering alternative methods to achieve high school graduation, and this act was designed |
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| 19 | | - | to improve postsecondary readiness and enrollment, and |
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| 20 | | - | Whereas, the ECP established in Act 77 represents approximately 0.4 percent of the |
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| 21 | | - | expenditures from the Education Fund, and it is intended to encourage postsecondary |
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| 22 | | - | education enrollment among students who might not otherwise consider this option, and |
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| 23 | | - | Whereas, demonstrable gains have occurred during the past three years in the |
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| 24 | | - | equitable admission of students into the ECP at the Community College of Vermont, |
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| 25 | | - | including a 250 percent increase in the enrollment of students with low income, and |
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| 26 | | - | Whereas, Vermont associate degree graduates are among the most likely in the |
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| 27 | | - | country to realize a positive return on their investment, a figure that stands at 79 percent |
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| 28 | | - | according to the Strada Education Foundation, and |
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| 29 | | - | Whereas, the ECP has a major influence in directing the personal postsecondary |
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| 30 | | - | education and career aspirations of the State’s students, and it prospectively strengthens |
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| 31 | | - | the future Vermont workforce, and |
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| 32 | | - | Whereas, today, April 2, 2025, ECP enrollees who are studying at the Community |
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| 33 | | - | College of Vermont are visiting the State House, now therefore be it |
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| 1 | + | StateofVermont |
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| 2 | + | HouseofRepresentatives |
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| 3 | + | Montpelier,Vermont |
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| 4 | + | ConcurrentHouseResolution |
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| 5 | + | H.C.R.69 |
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| 6 | + | OfferedbyRepresentativesMarcotteofCoventry,BoschofClarendon,Carris-DuncanofWhitingham, |
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| 7 | + | CooperofPownal,MicklusofMilton,OlsonofStarksboro,PriestleyofBradford,andWhiteofBethel |
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| 8 | + | HouseconcurrentresolutiondesignatingApril2,2025asEarlyCollegeDayattheStateHouse |
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| 9 | + | Whereas,thepercentageofVermonthighschoolstudentspursuingpostsecondaryeducationhasdeclined |
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| 10 | + | significantlyinrecentyears,and |
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| 11 | + | Whereas,animportantantidotetothistrendistheEarlyCollegeProgram(ECP)thatenableshighschool |
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| 12 | + | studentssimultaneouslytocompletetheirsenioryearandfreshmanyearofcollege, and |
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| 13 | + | Whereas,theenactmentof2013ActsandResolvesNo.77,“Anact…encouragingflexiblepathwaysto |
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| 14 | + | secondaryschoolcompletion,”updatedVermont’slonghistoryofofferingalternativemethodstoachievehigh |
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| 15 | + | schoolgraduation,andthisactwasdesignedtoimprovepostsecondaryreadinessandenrollment, and |
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| 16 | + | Whereas,theECPestablishedinAct77representsapproximately0.4percentoftheexpendituresfromthe |
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| 17 | + | EducationFund,anditisintendedtoencouragepostsecondaryeducationenrollmentamongstudentswhomight |
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| 18 | + | nototherwiseconsiderthisoption, and |
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| 19 | + | Whereas,demonstrablegainshaveoccurredduringthepastthreeyearsintheequitableadmissionofstudents |
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| 20 | + | intotheECPattheCommunityCollegeofVermont,includinga250percentincreaseintheenrollmentof |
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| 21 | + | studentswithlowincome, and |
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| 22 | + | Whereas,Vermontassociatedegreegraduatesareamongthemostlikelyinthecountrytorealizeapositive |
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| 23 | + | returnontheirinvestment,afigurethatstandsat79percentaccordingtotheStradaEducationFoundation, and |
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| 24 | + | Whereas,theECPhasamajorinfluenceindirectingthepersonalpostsecondaryeducationandcareer |
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| 25 | + | aspirationsoftheState’sstudents,anditprospectivelystrengthensthefutureVermontworkforce, and |
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| 26 | + | Whereas,today,April2,2025,ECPenrolleeswhoarestudyingattheCommunityCollegeofVermontare |
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| 27 | + | visitingtheStateHouse,nowtherefore be it |
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