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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 670 

Recognizing College Summit for its achievements in increasing the college 

enrollment rate of low-income students, and encouraging the Committee 

on Education and Labor and the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions to determine how the Federal Government can 

support the efforts of College Summit. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 

Mr. CLYBURN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing College Summit for its achievements in increasing the college enrollment rate of low-income students, 

and encouraging the Committee on Education and Labor 

and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions to determine how the Federal Government can 

support the efforts of College Summit. 

Whereas one of the most important public policy and economic development goals for the United States is to increase the Nation’s college enrollment and college graduation rates, especially for low-income students; 

Whereas college attendance stops the cycle of poverty for lowincome students because college graduates generally earn 

$1,000,000 more than non-college graduates over the 


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course of their lifetimes, and the children of college graduates are twice as likely as the children of non-college 

graduates to go to college; 

Whereas each year, more than 200,000 low-income high 

school graduates in the United States who are prepared 

for college do not enroll, resulting in a loss of 

$80,000,000,000 in combined tax revenue that this group 

of students would generate over the course of their lifetimes if they attended college; 

Whereas high-achieving low-income students go to college at 

approximately the same rate as low-achieving students 

from wealthy families; 

Whereas College Summit, an organization with offices and 

operations across the country, is dedicated to increasing 

the college enrollment rate of low-income students by ensuring that ‘‘every student who can make it in college 

makes it to college’’; 

Whereas College Summit responds to the challenges low-income students face by implementing a systemic, schoolbased strategy in its work with students and their families, and by equipping students with the knowledge that 

is necessary to apply, be accepted to, and enroll in college; 

Whereas College Summit has been recognized by several 

prominent educational organizations and many reputable 

national and local publications for its innovation and effectiveness in providing the chance for American students 

to showcase their abilities and achieve at their highest 

level; 

Whereas since 1993, approximately 6,000 students have become College Summit Peer Leaders, 79 percent of whom 


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enroll in college (well above the national average of 46 

percent for low-income students), and 80 percent of 

whom are currently pursuing a degree or have graduated 

from college, despite their average high school grade 

point average of 2.85; 

Whereas College Summit students have obtained over 

$40,000,000 in scholarships to attend institutions of 

higher education that meet their academic, social, and financial needs; and 

Whereas many American students would not have attended 

college were it not for College Summit, and many more 

students would benefit from College Summit if the program were offered to them: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes College Summit, a preeminent 

3 nonprofit organization, for its dedication to increas4 ing college enrollment rates in low-income commu5 nities; and 

6 (2) encourages the Committee on Education 

7 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 

8 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen9 sions of the Senate to determine how the Federal 

10 Government might expand the efforts of College 

11 Summit in its mission to increase the college enroll12 ment rate of low-income students. 

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