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2025
VT LEG #382793 v.1
No. R-112. House concurrent resolution honoring the outstanding achievements of
the Federal TRIO Programs in Vermont.
(H.C.R.92)
Offered by Representatives Quimby of Lyndon, Burtt of Cabot, Campbell of St.
Johnsbury, Dolgin of St. Johnsbury, Feltus of Lyndon, Harple of Glover, Higley of
Lowell, Kascenska of Burke, Labor of Morgan, Marcotte of Coventry, Nelson of Derby,
Page of Newport City, Parsons of Newbury, Powers of Waterford, Southworth of
Walden, and Wells of Brownington
Offered by Senators Beck, Douglass, and Ingalls
Whereas, at seven Vermont colleges, and through the Vermont Student Assistance
Corporation, students who aspire to be their families’ first college graduate but lack the
requisite funds can avail themselves of these federal educational support programs, and
Whereas, in 1964, in the Equal Opportunity Act, Congress established Upward Bound,
the original federal college incentive program for financially disadvantaged students; in
the Higher Education Act of 1965, Congress created Talent Search to assist these students
applying for newly established federal financial aid support; and in 1968, the 1965 law
was amended to include the Special Services for Disadvantaged Students program (now
known as Student Support Services), and together these three services became commonly
referred to as the Federal TRIO Programs, and
Whereas, subsequent amendments to the 1965 legislation created the Educational
Opportunities Centers and Veterans Upward Bound (1972); the Ronald E. McNair Post-
Baccalaureate Achievement Program (1986); and in 1990, the Upward Bound program
created a new division, Upward Bound Math-Science, and
Whereas, in 1992, Congress officially renamed and combined these programs as the
Federal TRIO Programs, and they continue to be a special gateway for financially
disadvantaged students to pursue their college dream, and
Whereas, students and administrators representing the Federal TRIO Programs in
Vermont are visiting the State House today, Friday, April 25, 2025, and their visit serves
as an opportunity to recognize the educational and societal roles of the Federal TRIO
Programs, now therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:
That the General Assembly honors the outstanding achievements of the Federal TRIO
Programs in Vermont, and be it further
Resolved: That the Secretary of State be directed to send a copy of this resolution to
the Board of Directors of the Vermont Educational Opportunity Programs.