Advocacy

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
PDF

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