National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week, 2023
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
| Citation | 88 FR 62687 |
| Published date | 13 September 2023 |
| Record Number | 2023-19921 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 62687-62688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19921] Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 13, 2023 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10619 of September 8, 2023
National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Education beyond high school should be a ticket to the
middle class--and across our Nation, more than 500
Hispanic-Serving Institutions have helped to make that
promise real, opening the doors of opportunity a bit
wider for generations of Hispanic college students.
During National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week, we
celebrate their important work.
Today's students are part of the most talented,
resilient, and diverse generation in our history. But
while creativity and work ethic are abundant, not
everyone has an equal shot yet. That is why Hispanic-
Serving Institutions are so essential. Two-thirds of
all Hispanic college students in America attend one;
they provide a quality education and empower
underserved students--including Dreamers and first-
generation college students--to earn degrees and build
better lives for their families. And with the Supreme
Court's recent decision to effectively end affirmative
action, their work is as critical as ever.
My Administration is committed to strengthening these
vital institutions and supporting their students
through graduation and beyond. The American Rescue Plan
invested $11 billion in Hispanic-Serving Institutions--
the largest investment in Hispanic college students in
our Nation's history. And through our White House
Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence,
and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics, we are working
together to support Hispanic and Latino college
students and invest in the future of Hispanic and
Latino communities.
We have also increased Pell Grants for low-income
families by the largest amount in over a decade, easing
the overwhelming cost of college for about half of all
Hispanic undergraduates. We fixed the Public Service
Loan Forgiveness program so borrowers who become
teachers, police officers, social workers, military
service members and other public servants get the debt
relief they are entitled to under the law. We are
reducing the amount that student loan borrowers have to
repay on their undergraduate loans to 5 percent of
their discretionary income each month, down from 10
percent--the most generous repayment program ever. That
is going to save the typical borrower around $1,000 a
year. And last year, I introduced the most ambitious
student debt relief plan ever, which was on the verge
of helping more than 40 million Americans. When the
Supreme Court wrongly struck down that plan, we moved
immediately to open an alternative path to relief that
could further reduce costs for many Hispanic borrowers.
No administration has fought harder for student debt
relief than mine--and we are not done yet.
This week, I am thinking about Julieta Garc[iacute]a,
the first Hispanic woman in history to serve as
president of an American college. Last year, I had the
honor of giving her the Presidential Medal of Freedom
for her work building a culture of excellence,
affirmation, and curiosity for generations of students.
Reflecting on her career, she once said, ``My job was
always to thrust open the doors of opportunity.'' That
is what Hispanic-Serving Institutions do--and that is
what America is all about: widening the aperture of
opportunity for everyone.
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 10
through September 16, 2023, as National Hispanic-
Serving Institutions Week. I call on public officials,
educators, and all the people of the United States to
observe this week with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities that acknowledge the many
ways these institutions and their graduates contribute
to our country.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2023-19921
Filed 9-12-23; 8:45 am]
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