MI HR0144

Urges the United States Congress to maintain funding for Federal TRIO programs, which provide academic tutoring, counseling, mentoring, and financial guidance to help low-income, first-generation, and disabled students access and succeed in college

Notes that TRIO programs received $1.191 billion in fiscal year 2024 and served over 880,000 participants, including 6,000 U.S. veterans

Highlights that President Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget request proposes eliminating all funding for TRIO programs

Describes eight TRIO programs including Upward Bound, Talent Search, Student Support Services, Educational Opportunity Centers, McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement, and Veterans Upward Bound

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the Speaker of the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, and Michigan's congressional delegation