# 119-hres-340: Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April 2025 as a celebration of the more than 1,000 community colleges throughout the United States that support access to higher education, workforce training, and more, and broadly sustain and advance the economic prosperity of the United States.

119-hres-340, Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April 2025 as a celebration of the more than 1,000 community colleges throughout the United States that support access to higher education, workforce training, and more, and broadly sustain and advance the economic prosperity of the United States., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-340
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April 2025 as a celebration of the more than 1,000 community colleges throughout the United States that support access to higher education, workforce training, and more, and broadly sustain and advance the economic prosperity of the United States.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 28
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Community colleges expand affordable access to higher education and local workforce training.** This resolution would recognize 'Community College Month' in April 2025 and celebrate the more than 1,000 community colleges that serve about 10.2 million credit and noncredit students. It notes average in-district tuition of $3,990, that community colleges enrolled 43.1 percent of undergraduates in 2022-2023, and that alumni added about $898.5 billion to the economy in 2020.

## Cosponsors (28)

- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large] (R-MP), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [119-hres-340 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/340)

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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hres-70: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-70)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-340 (as of 2025-12-21).