Higher Education and Student Aid

AACC’s Office of Government Relations (OGR) advocates for strong federal investment in student and institutional aid and for Higher Education Act (HEA) policies that best serve our nation’s community colleges and their students. These policies include strengthening the federal Pell Grant program and other forms of need-based aid, supporting increased funding for important institutional aid programs, improving our postsecondary data system to better capture student outcomes, and reforming the student loan system with the needs of community college students in mind. 

AACC Summary of the “Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan” Community College Legislative Priorities, April 2025 Background Information Archive

AACC/ACCT joint letter regarding FY 2025 budget reconciliation legislation AACC Position on Senate higher education reconciliation legislation (HELP Committee) Letters Archive

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