IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 334 
Recognizing the significance of ‘‘Community College Month’’ as a celebration 
of more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States supporting 
access to higher education, workforce training, and more broadly sus-
taining and advancing the Nation’s economic prosperity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2023 
Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. ADAMS, 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. KUSTER, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, 
Mr. 
SOTO, 
Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, 
Ms. 
SEWELL, 
Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, and Mr. EDWARDS) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the significance of ‘‘Community College Month’’ 
as a celebration of more than 1,000 institutions through-
out the United States supporting access to higher edu-
cation, workforce training, and more broadly sustaining 
and advancing the Nation’s economic prosperity. 
Whereas the first public community college, known today as 
Joliet Junior College in Illinois, opened its doors to 6 
students in 1901 as an experiment to accommodate those 
who wanted to pursue a college education without leaving 
their community; 
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Whereas the term ‘‘community college’’ was popularized by 
the President’s Commission on Higher Education in 
1947 in recognition of the community-centered nature of 
the emerging sector of institutions; 
Whereas local community and educational leaders throughout 
the Nation developed community colleges at a dramatic 
pace over several decades to instill civic pride and meet 
their people’s needs for educational and economic oppor-
tunity; 
Whereas, today, 1,038 community colleges, 932 public, 35 
Tribal, and 71 independent, serve 10,200,000 credit and 
noncredit students; 
Whereas public community colleges are an affordable option, 
charging average annual tuition and fees for in-district 
students of $3,860, have an average student age of 27, 
and serve students who often are working, low income, 
parents, veterans, or the first in their family to go to col-
lege; 
Whereas community colleges are the primary educational in-
stitution serving workforce development needs in the 
United States, and are responding to current economic 
conditions by educating professionals in fields ranging 
from the semiconductor and construction industries to 
nursing and other health care professions; 
Whereas 49 percent of all students completing a bachelor’s 
degree at a 4-year college in 2016 had been enrolled at 
a 2-year public college in the previous decade; 
Whereas community college graduates typically reside close to 
their college, with 61 percent living within 50 miles of the 
campus they attended; 
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