Education and Student Loans
As a mother and grandmother, I care deeply about education and creating job opportunities for younger generations of Americans. Throughout my career, I have pushed for investments in all levels of education and for expanding college affordability and access. I understand the importance of increasing financial aid options, including year round Pell grants, and support legislation that would help lower student loan debt. I am also committed to reducing young adult unemployment and providing opportunities for professional development to our local youth. This is why I established a Youth Advisory Committee which gives participants – local high school students – an opportunity to learn about the legislative process and local industries such as trade, education, law enforcement, health care, government that are crucial to the Inland Empire’s economy. For more information on how to apply for the Youth Advisory Committee, please click here.
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Como madre y abuela, me preocupo profundamente por la educación y la creación de oportunidades laborales para las generaciones más jóvenes de estadounidenses. A lo largo de mi carrera, he impulsado inversiones en todos los niveles de educación y ampliar la asequibilidad y el acceso a la universidad. Entiendo la importancia de aumentar las opciones de ayuda financiera, incluidas las subvenciones Pell durante todo el año, y apoyar la legislación que ayudaría a reducir la deuda de préstamos estudiantiles. También estoy comprometida en reducir el desempleo de los adultos jóvenes y brindar oportunidades de desarrollo profesional a nuestros jóvenes locales. Es por eso que establecí un Comité Asesor de Jóvenes que brinda a los participantes, estudiantes de preparatoria locales, la oportunidad de aprender sobre el proceso legislativo y las industrias locales como el comercio, la educación, la aplicación de la ley, la atención médica, y el gobierno que son cruciales para la economía del Inland Empire.
Para obtener más información sobre cómo postularse para el Comité Asesor de Jóvenes, haga oprima aquí.
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Pomona, CA- Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres reminded interested high school students in the 35th Congressional District to submit applications for nomination to the Military Service Academies. Each Congressional office can nominate constituents for admission to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (nomination is not required for admission to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy).
POMONA, Calif. – Today, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) attended the unveiling of Cal Poly Pomona’s new Liquid Rocket Lab, funded in part through a $2.5 million grant obtained by Rep. Torres. The Liquid Rocket Lab is housed under the College of Engineering, where students and faculty are working to become the first university to launch a liquid rocket to space. This fiscal year 2020 funding is part of a total $25 million that Rep.
FONTANA, Calif. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) was joined by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond to visit two local schools and hear from students, teachers, and staff. Representative Torres and Secretary Cardona first toured De Anza Middle School in Ontario, before being joined by Superintendent Thurmond to visit the Chaffey College InTech Center in Fontana.
WASHINGTON – Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Grace Napolitano (CA-32), and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) today announced the inclusion of $10 million to support U.S. Air Force Educational Partnership Agreements (EPAs) at Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the omnibus government funding bill that passed the House last week.
POMONA, CA – U.S. Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Grace Napolitano (CA-32) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) today announced that their provision to increase federal funding by an additional $10 million to support U.S. Air Force Educational Partnership Agreements (EPA) is included in the fiscal year 2022 House Defense Appropriations Bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Norma Torres (D-Calif.), along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), introduced the Basic Assistance for Students in College (BASIC) Act, bicameral legislation to ensure college students are able to meet their basic needs while pursuing their education. U.S Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) are cosponsors of the bill.
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced nearly $133 million in COVID relief funds for Inland Empire colleges and universities thanks to the Congressionally-passed American Rescue Plan.
POMONA, CA—U.S. Representatives Norma J. Torres (CA-35), Grace Napolitano (CA-32) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) today announced $10 million from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 133) to fund an Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) between California Polytechnic State Universities (Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop key technologies to accelerate the AFRL’s strategic capabilities in secured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
POMONA – Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35) today announced that school districts across her Inland Empire Congressional District are cumulatively receiving more than an estimated $451 million as a result of the Congressionally-passed American Rescue Plan.
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LEA Name |
Grants to LEAs |
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Chaffey Joint Union High School District |
$36,216,000 |