HACU Member Advisory--August 11, 2006
2006 Title V grants awarded to 33 HSIs
The U.S. Department of Education yesterday announced new Title V grant awards for FY 2006 to 33 Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington and Puerto Rico. HACU applauds the leadership of its member colleges and universities that were awarded these important new federal infrastructure grants to promote Hispanic higher education success. These new Title V grants total approximately $20.5 million in FY 2006. Continuing grants to current recipients account for the rest of the $94.9 million appropriated in FY 2006 for Title V.
The following are the 33 HSIs new Title V recipients:
AZ- Pima County Community College District-Desert Vista Campus
Pima County Community College District-West Campus
CA - West Hills Community College District
Glendale Community College
Antelope Valley College
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach City College
East Los Angeles College
Riverside Community College-Moreno Valley Campus
Ventura County Community College District-Oxnard College
Santa Monica College
Los Angeles Mission College
Taft College
Mount San Antonio College
CO - Community College of Denver
Colorado State University-Pueblo
FL - Miami Dade College-North Campus
NM - Northern New Mexico Community College
New Mexico State University
University of New Mexico-Valencia County Branch
NY - Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
John Jay College, City University of New York
PR - University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas
Universidad Metropolitana-Bayamon
University of Puerto Rico at Carolina
Universidad Metropolitana-Jayuya
University of Puerto Rico in Ponce
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German
TX - Lee College
Coastal Bend College
WA - Columbia Basin College
For FY 2007, HACU is again seeking record new funding under Title V, which remains the chief vehicle for targeting federal grants to HSIs. Please join HACU in urging a higher funding level for HSIs under Title V for FY 2007 in education bills that will be voted on by Congress following the November election.
We encourage you to inform your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator of the need to increase Title V funding to $100 million for FY 2007. In addition, we ask that you request that the provision requiring a 2 year wait out period before applying for a new Title V Grant be removed from the HEA Reauthorization Bill and attached to the Labor–HHS-Education FY 2007 appropriations bill so that this burdensome regulation can be immediately remedied.
Information on the focus, scope and application process for Title V grants and other federal programs for FY 2007 will be featured in two workshops at HACU’s 20th Annual Conference October 28-31, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas. We have invited 10 federal agencies with programs designated for Minority Serving Institutions to serve on a panel on federal grant and partnership opportunities available to HSIs.
If you have not yet registered for the Conference, please consider joining us in sharing information about your Title V initiative with other HSI program representatives. Visit http://www.hacu.net/ for more information and online registration forms.
Make plans also to attend HACU’s 2007 Capitol Forum March 25-27, 2007, in Washington, D.C., when the leadership of HACU member colleges and universities will present a unified voice to Congress urging funding increases for FY 2007 across federal agency program lines.
For more information about FY 2007 appropriations and HEA Reauthorization, contact HACU’s Government Relations office in Washington, D.C., at 202-833-8361.
HACU Member Advisories are a service of the
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
