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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Scholarship ProgramRESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMIJI~TITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Paducah City Commission recognizes that improving the education level of our community's young people will both make the Paducah workforce more attractive to investors and employers and enhance the life potential of individual students; and, WHEREAS, a Task Force of Paducah Rotary Club, City and County schools, and West Kentucky Community and Technical College has proposed creating a community scholarship program which will guarantee Paducah and McCracken 8th graders, who meet prescribed standards through their final four years of high school, a scholarship for his or her first two years of college at WKCTC; and, WHEREAS, a similar scholarship program in East Tennessee has increased high school graduation rates by 23% and increased the number achieving an Associate's Degree by 27.5%; and, WHEREAS, in order to conduct a campaign to raise one-half the costs of the scholarship program from the private sector the sponsors need assurance that the public sector will participate in the program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah supports the Community Scholarship Program and hereto states its intention beginning with the FY2011 City budget to appropriate $125,000 from the City Investment Fund to help finance the program. SECTION 2. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. Attest: .~ ~ ~~~ Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, August 4, 2009 Recorded by Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk, August 4, 2009 resoUCommunity Scholarship Program CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY