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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:
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Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, August 4, 2009
Recorded by Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk, August 4, 2009
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CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY