ACCT Letters to Congress
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
PDF
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
PDF
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
PDF
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