HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 100
(By Delegates Campbell, Williams, Beach, Canterbury, Crosier,
Duke, Eldridge, Fragale, Lane, Leggett, Longstreth, Louisos,
Marshall, Paxton, Perry, Poling, Roberts, Spencer, Stephens,
Stevens, Sumner, Tabb, Tansill, Wells, and Wysong)
(Originating in the Committee on Education)
(April 8, 2005)
Expressing support of the College Summit program and Requesting
the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to make a
study on finding funding to help College Summit in its goal
to assist West Virginia's students in furthering their
education.
Whereas, One of the most important public policy and economic
development goals for West Virginia is to increase the state's
college-going and college graduation rates; and,
Whereas, The goal of College Summit is to encourage West
Virginia students to further their education in college and
increase the enrollment of higher education institutions in the
state; and,
Whereas, Every year in the United States, over 220,000 low-
income students high-school graduates that are capable of
succeeding in college, but do not go; and, Whereas, Over 3,500 of those students are in West Virginia; and,
Whereas, College Summit provides the chance for these
students to showcase their abilities and achieve at the highest
level; and,
Whereas, Participants complete college applications during a
four day summer workshop and receive assistance in creating
Senior Portfolios; and,
Whereas, College Summit equips West Virginia students with
the knowledge that is necessary to apply and be accepted to
college; and,
Whereas, College Summit offers many students the opportunity
to harness their energy and focus their abilities into furthering
their education; and,
Whereas, Since 1993, College Summit has nearly doubled the
enrollment rates of low-income students from participating
schools across the nation; and,
Whereas, Seventy nine percent of College Summit students have
enrolled in college versus the national rate of forty six percent
of all high school graduates; and,
Whereas, Eighty percent of College Summit students stay in
college despite their average high school GPA of 2.85; and,
Whereas, College Summit students have obtained over $21
million in college scholarships to attend higher education
institutions that match their academic, social, financial needs;
and,
Whereas, Many West Virginia students would not have attended
college if not for College Summit and many more students would
benefit from College Summit if the program were offered to them;
therefore, be it,
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Expresses support of the College Summit program and Requests
the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to make a
study on methods for securing funding to support College
Summit in its goal to assist West Virginia's students in
furthering their education.
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