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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 815 

Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as ‘‘National 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. 

BROWN, Ms. BUTLER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, 

Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. KELLY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. REED, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. 

CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. HEINRICH) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

RESOLUTION 

Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as 

‘‘National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week’’. 

Whereas Hispanic-serving institutions are degree-granting institutions that have a full-time equivalent undergraduate 

enrollment of at least 25 percent Hispanic students; 

Whereas Hispanic-serving institutions play an important role 

in educating many low-income and underserved students 

and creating opportunities and increasing access to higher education for such students; 

Whereas, in the 2022–2023 academic year, 600 Hispanicserving institutions operated in the United States, the 


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District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, enrolling more 

than 5,200,000 students; 

Whereas Hispanic-serving institutions are engines of economic mobility and a major contributor to the economic 

prosperity of the United States; 

Whereas Hispanic-serving institutions represent 20 percent of 

all institutions of higher education, yet serve 31.7 percent 

of all undergraduate students and 66.2 percent of all 

Hispanic undergraduate students; 

Whereas Hispanic-serving institutions are located in 28 

States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 

Whereas the number of emerging Hispanic-serving institutions, defined as institutions that do not yet meet the 

threshold of 25 percent Hispanic full-time equivalent enrollment but serve a Hispanic student population of between 15 and 24.9 percent, stands at 412 institutions operating in 43 States and the District of Columbia; 

Whereas Hispanic-serving institutions are actively involved in 

empowering and improving the communities in which the 

institutions are located; 

Whereas Hispanic-serving institutions are leading efforts to 

increase Hispanic participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (commonly known as 

‘‘STEM’’); 

Whereas 9 of the top 10 institutions of higher education 

ranked by the Social Mobility Index were Hispanic-serving institutions; 

Whereas celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions strengthens the culture of the United 

States; and 


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Whereas the achievements and goals of Hispanic-serving institutions deserve national recognition: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes the achievements and goals of 

3 Hispanic-serving institutions across the United 

4 States; 

5 (2) expresses support for the designation of 

6 ‘‘National Hispanic-serving institutions Week’’; and 

7 (3) calls on the people of the United States and 

8 interested groups to observe the week with appro9 priate ceremonies, activities, and programs to dem10 onstrate support for Hispanic-serving institutions in 

11 honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. 

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