A resolution designating the week beginning September 14, 2020, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

Bill: 116-sres-703
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-09-17
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Caribbean area

Commemorative events and holidays

Congressional tributes

District of Columbia

Higher education

Minority education

Puerto Rico

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5715-5716; text: CR S5711-5712)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution designates the week beginning on September 14, 2020, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.</p> <ul> </ul>

action_date: 2020-09-17
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This resolution designates the week beginning on September 14, 2020, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: III 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 703 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 17, 2020 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Cornyn , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Braun , Mr. Casey , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Gardner , Ms. Harris , Mr. Heinrich , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Klobuchar , Mrs. Loeffler , Ms. McSally , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Udall , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Wyden , and Mr. Booker ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating the week beginning September 14, 2020, 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 underprivileged students and helping those students attain their full potential through higher education; Whereas 539 Hispanic-Serving Institutions operate in the United States; Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions represent 17 percent of all nonprofit institutions of higher education, yet serve 26.8 percent of all students and 67 percent of all Hispanic students, enrolling 2,533,333 Hispanics; Whereas, as of September 2020, 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 352 institutions operating in 34 States and Puerto Rico; Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are located in 25 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are actively involved in stabilizing 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 referred to as STEM ); Whereas Hispanic-Serving Institutions are engines of economic mobility and a major contributor to the economic prosperity of the United States; Whereas, of the institutions of higher education ranked by Opportunity Insights based on the economic mobility of the graduates of those institutions, 7 of the top 10, including the top-ranked institution, are Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Whereas celebrating the vast contributions of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to the United States strengthens the culture of the United States; and Whereas the achievements and goals of Hispanic-Serving Institutions deserve national recognition: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) recognizes the achievements and goals of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; (2) designates the week beginning September 14, 2020, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week ; and (3) calls on the people of the United States and interested groups to observe the week with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs to demonstrate support for Hispanic-Serving Institutions.