Resolutions

Resolution Number ANAL.07.19

Provide Tuition Assistance For The California National Guard

WHEREAS, the California National Guard, whose volunteers provide essential emergency service response to the state, has approximately 2,000 of those members currently deployed in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, 22 of whom have been killed to date; and

WHEREAS, California ranks last in the nation in providing education financial assistance to its National Guard members, and is the only state that fails even to provide a tuition assistance program; and

WHEREAS, the State Legislature has stripped funding for tuition assistance during past budget negotiations, the governor of California has publicly acknowledged the need to provide college tuition assistance to the National Guard, and we believe that “support the troops” includes supporting their educational needs;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party recognizes the need to support our service members and calls upon the legislature to provide fully-funded, 100 percent tuition assistance at public institutions to the California National Guard veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan theatres.

Submitted and written by: Tim Goodrich, DSCC Member
Adopted by: West Los Angeles Democratic Club

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Adopted by the Executive Board
Of the California Democratic Party
At Its Executive Board Meeting
Sheraton Hotel, Anaheim
November 18, 2007