ACCT Letters to Congress
December 2, 2011 - ACCT joined with 172 other organization to submit a letter to US Senators supporting the Fix America’s Schools Today (FAST) Act, S.1597. This legislation includes $5 billion for modernization of community colleges. Adobe PDF.
November 17, 2011 - ACCT and other higher education groups submit a letter to the House Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Rehberg (R-MR) and other members of the Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittee expressing concerns with the changes to the Pell Grant program proposed in fiscal year 2012 House draft bill. Adobe PDF.
November 8, 2011 - ACCT submits a letter to Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) supporting the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. The bill offers new training opportunities and assistance to unemployed veterans. Adobe PDF.
November 3, 2011 - ACCT and AACC submit a letter to Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (C-CT) in support of H.R. 2948 and S. 1597, the Fix America's Schools Today (FAST) Act of 2011. This bill includes $5 billion in modernization funds for community colleges. Adobe PDF.
October 21, 2011 - ACCT and AACC submit a joint letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership in support of their FY 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill. Adobe PDF.
October 21, 2011 - ACCT and AACC submit a joint letter to the House Appropriations Committee Leadership in opposition of their FY 2012 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations draft bill. This bill changes eligibility for Pell Grants and significantly cuts workforce programs. Adobe PDF.
September 30, 2011 - ACCT and AACC submit a joint letter to the House and Senate Leadership supporting the President’s proposed $5 billion for modernization of community colleges. Adobe PDF.
June 28, 2011 - ACCT and other workforce and education associations submit a letter to Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and other members of the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee in support of reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act. Adobe PDF.
June 28, 2011 - ACCT and AACC submit a letter to Chairman Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Ranking Member John Cornyn (R-TX) in support of S.952 (DREAM Act) and the first-ever Senate hearing on the legislation. Adobe PDF.
June 13, 2011 - ACCT and other higher education associations submit a letter to Chairman John Kline (R-MN) in support of H.R. 2117, legislation to block the U.S. Department of Education’s credit hour definition and state authorization regulations. Adobe PDF.June 10, 2011 - ACCT and other higher education associations submit a letter to Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) in support of H.R. 2117, legislation to block the U.S. Department of Education’s credit hour definition and state authorization regulations. Adobe PDF.
May 16, 2011 - ACCT and other workforce and education associations submit a letter to the House and Senate in support of funding employment, training, and career and adult education programs in Fiscal Year 2012. Adobe PDF.
March 23, 2011 - ACCT and other higher education associations submit a letter to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Adobe PDF.
March 11, 2011 - ACCT and other higher education associations and accrediting organizations submit a letter to Chairwoman Foxx regarding the Program Integrity Rule. Adobe PDF.
March 2, 2011 - ACCT and other higher education associations and accrediting organizations submit letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to express concerns over federal requirements for institutions to be legally authorized in a state. Adobe PDF.
February 16, 2011 - ACCT and other higher education associations and accrediting organizations submit letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to express concerns over the federal definition of a credit hour. Adobe PDF.
February 14, 2011 - ACCT joins the Student Aid Alliance in a letter to the House of Representatives on the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 1). Adobe PDF.
February 01, 2011 - ACCT joins the Student Aid Alliance in a letter to House Budget & Appropriations Committee Members on FY 2011 Appropriations. Adobe PDF.
December 15, 2010 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education associations in a letter to the House of Representatives in Support of higher education tax provisions included in the Tax Relief Act (H.R. 4853). Adobe PDF.
December 14, 2010 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education associations in a letter to the House on the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010. Adobe PDF.
December 10, 2010 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education associations in a letter to the Senate in support of extensions of the AOTC, Tuition Deduction, Section 127 Benefits (H.R. 4853). Adobe PDF.
November 30, 2010 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education associations in a letter to Congressional leaders on extending expired higher education related tax provisions. Adobe PDF.
November 29, 2010 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education associations in letter to the House and Senate in support of the DREAM Act. Adobe PDF.
September 17, 2010 - ACCT and other higher-education associations submit letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell in support of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors or "DREAM" Act. Adobe PDF.
September 9, 2010 - ACCT, AACC, and other higher education organizations submit comments to the Department of Education on its Notice of Public Rulemaking on Gainful Employment. Adobe PDF.
September 9, 2010 - ACCT and other higher education organizations submit comments to the Department of Education on its Notice of Public Rulemaking on Gainful Employment. Adobe PDF.
August 2, 2010 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education organizations on the Notice for Public Rulemaking. Adobe PDF.
August 2, 2010 - AACC and ACCT submit community college comments to the Notice for Public Rulemaking. Adobe PDF.
May 19, 2010 - ACCT joins ACE and other organizations to thank Senator Durbin, IL for his sponsorship of the Reasonable Fees and Rules for Payment Card Transactions Senate Amendment #3989 to the Financial Reform Bill. Adobe PDF.
May 10, 2010 - ACCT and AACC send letter to Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Obey outlining funding requests for community college and higher-education funding. Adobe PDF.
April 13, 2010 - ACCT and AACC send letter to U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Chairman The Honorable Tom Harkin in support of the "Keep Our Educators Working Act of 2010." Adobe PDF.
March 20, 2010 - ACCT, in cooperation with the American Council on Education, sends a joint letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives expressing support for the education provisions contained in H.R. 4872, the pending reconciliation measure. Adobe PDF.
March 19, 2010 - ACCT and AACC send letter to U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Chair George Miller in support of the education provisions contained in H.R. 4872, the "Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010." Adobe PDF.
August 17, 2009 - ACCT and AACC send letter to U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Chair George Miller in support of H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009. Adobe PDF.
July 21, 2009 - ACCT and AACC send letter to U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Chair George Miller in support of H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009. Adobe PDF.
July 1, 2009 - ACCT, in cooperation with the American Council on Education, sends a joint letter to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in support of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors or "DREAM" Act. Adobe PDF.
April 24, 2009 - ACCT sends letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in support of the Obama Administration’s FY2010 budget request proposal to convert the Pell Grant program to an entitlement program with increases based upon the consumer price index plus 1 percent. Adobe PDF.
March 20, 2009 - ACCT and AACC send letter to U.S. Representative John B. Larson (D-CT) in support of his legislation to provide grants to community colleges to provide accessible computer labs and information technology training for students and the public. Adobe PDF
January 27, 2009 - ACCT sends letter to U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Adobe PDF
December 17, 2008 - ACCT and AACC send 2009 Stimulus Bill recommendations for community college funding allocations to President-elect Barack Obama. Adobe DPF
December 12, 2009 - ACCT and ACCT send a letter to President-elect Barack Obama and his transition team informing them of community college priorities. Adobe PDF
December 11, 2008 - ACCT, in cooperation with members of the American Council on Education, sends a joint letter to FCC commissioners opposing AT&T’s argument that the commission should adopt AT&T’s modification of a previously submitted bill, deferring the question of how to address the impact of that proposal on colleges and universities until an unspecified time in the future. Adobe PDF
October 28, 2008 - ACCT, in cooperation with members of the American Council on Education, sends a joint letter to FCC commissioners in support of Chariman Martin's proposal urging the commission to reject the AT&T/Verizon proposal to adopt a contribution methodology that bases the amounts of contributions solely on telephone number assignments. Adobe PDF
May 10, 2008 - ACCT and other higher education associations send letter urging the extension of key higher education tax provisions. Adobe PDF
May 9, 2008 - ACCT and other higher education associations send comments related to FERPA. Adobe PDF
March 6, 2008 - ACCT and AACC send recommendations to the conference committee considering the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Adobe PDF
March 5, 2008 - ACCT and other education associations send letter supporting disaster loan provisions in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Adobe PDF
February 28, 2008- ACCT joins ACE and other organizations outlining recommendations to the conference committee for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.Adobe PDF
February 7, 2008- ACCT joins ACE and other organizations opposing the Welch amendment dealing with higher education institutions' endowments. Adobe PDF
February 6, 2008 - ACCT and AACC send letter supporting final House action on H.R. 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007.Adobe PDF
November 14, 2007 - ACCT and AACC send a letter supporting H.R. 4137, the
House version of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Adobe PDF
October 18, 2007 - ACCT joins education and health organizations in support
of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. Adobe PDF
September 14, 2007 - ACCT joins education groups asking the IRS to alleviate the regualtory burden for reporting related to the Form 990. Adobe PDF
September 6, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other education associations in support
of H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction and Reduction Act. Adobe PDF
July 23, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other education associations in support
of S.1642, the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Adobe PDF
July 18, 2007 - ACCT and AACC send a letter supporting S. 1762, the Higher Education Access Act of 2007. The bill would create a new program that would provide funds to Pell Grant recipients. Adobe PDF
July 18, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other education associations in support of S. 1762. Adobe PDF
July 18, 2007 - ACCT joins national organizations in support of an amendment by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) to add the DREAM Act to the Department of Defense Authorization bill. Adobe PDF
July 17, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other education associations in support of an amendment by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) to add the DREAM Act to the Department of Defense Authorization bill. Adobe PDF
July 10, 2007 - ACCT and AACC send letter to the House of Representatives supporting H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction Act. Most significantly, the bill increases the Pell Grant maximum by $200 in the first year and increases to $500 in the fifth year. Adobe PDF
June 28, 2007 - ACCT joins hundreds of education and health organizations in support of the House's FY08 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. Adobe
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June 13, 2007 - ACCT and AACC send letter to Senate Appropriations Committee outlining our FY08 funding request. Adobe PDF
June 13, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education organizations in support of the House Appropriations Subcommittee inclusion of language concerning accreditation in the FY08 appropriations bills. Adobe PDF
May 4, 2007 - ACCT joins education and health associations in support of increased funds for education and health programs in the FY2008 appropriations bills. Adobe
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April 14, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other higher education organizations in submitting Higher Education Act recommendations to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cover Letter (adobe PDF)
Recommendations (adobe PDF)
March 28, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE's testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Services and Education in support of increasing funding for higher education programs and the Pell Grant maximum. Adobe
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March 28, 2007- ACCT joins ACE and other education associations in support of HR 362 to create new programs and increase funding for STEM competitiveness.
Adobe PDF
March 26, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other education associations voice specific concerns about the Department of Education's proposal in regards to IPEDS. The letter goes over the areas of concerns for institutions of higher education beyond cost and burden. Adobe PDF
March 21, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other education associations voice concerns about the Department of Education's proposal in regards to IPEDS. The proposal would greatly increase the burden and cost for community colleges. Adobe PDF
February 26, 2007 - ACCT sends letter to the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 990. The bill eliminates the "tuition sensitivity" provision of the Higher Education Act. The provision effectively lowers the Pell Grant awards for students attending low-cost colleges, namely community colleges. Over two hundred thousand student may see reductions in their awards unless "tuition
sensitivity" is addressed. Adobe
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January 11, 2007 - ACCT joins ACE and other education associations in support H.R. 5, the College Student Relief Act of 2007. H.R. 5 cuts the subsidized Stafford Loans for undergraduates over the next years from the current rate of 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. Adobe PDF
January 3, 2007 - ACCT joins education and health associations in support of increased funds for education and health programs in the FY2007 appropriations bills. Adobe PDF