Advocacy News 

AACC's Federal Legislative Update presented via webinar on May 22, 2013.

04/26/2013 - The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a Solicitation for Grant Applications for the third round of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training program.

4/17/2013 - The bipartisan Senate “Gang of 8” released the text of a bill that contains a very favorable version of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, a top AACC legislative priority since 2001.

04/16/2013 - A letter to the House Committee on Ways and Means Working Group on Education and Family Benefits.

04/12/2013 - A review of President Obama's FY 2014 budget, released 04/10/2013.

3/25/2013 - Competing House and Senate FY 2014 budget plans reflect very different policies that set the stage for heated debate as well as a possible “grand bargain” later this year.

3/11/2013 - A brief update of how cuts stemming from sequestration might impact your campus.

3/7/2013 - The House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved the WIA Reauthorization Bill--SKILLS Act--on March 6.

1/30/2013 - President Obama unveiled broad proposals for comprehensive immigration reform, adding to a similar set of principles released the day before by a bipartisan working group of eight senators.

01/11/2013 - A list of the major public policy issues that will be discussed in Washington, DC, this year that could affect community colleges nationwide.

01/09/2013 - The IRS has just published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that addresses some aspects of the treatment of adjunct faculty for the purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

1/2/2013 - The fiscal cliff legislation that has cleared Congress has a number of key tax provisions that are longstanding AACC priorities.

12/13/2012 - AACC continues to monitor implementation of the Affordable Care Act as it impacts community colleges as employers.