Legislative and Regulatory Positions
- AACC/ACCT Joint Statement on America’s College Promise in Build Back Better Act (October 20, 2021)
- House Education and Labor Committee FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation Legislation: Community College Highlights (September 13, 2021)
- Letter Supporting TAACCCT Funding in Reconciliation Bill (September 9, 2021)
- AACC/ACCT Letter to House on FY 2022 Budget Reconciliation (September 9, 2021)
- AACC/ACCT Letter to House on American Jobs and Families Plans (July 19, 2021)
- AACC/ACCT Letter to Senate on American Jobs and Families Plans (July 19, 2021)
- AACC Letter to Senate Expressing Support for the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act (July 13, 2021)
- Joint AACC/ACCT Comments to Department of Education on Title IV Topics for Negotiated Rulemaking (July 1, 2021)
- Summary of Kaine/Portman Short-Term Pell Amendment to S. 1260 (May 2021)
- Community College Infrastructure – The Need for Federal Funding (May 2021)
- Letter Regarding Workforce Development Proposals for HELP (May 2021)
- America’s College Promise is Good for Community College Students and Good for America (May 2021)
- FY ’22 Federal Funding Priorities (May 2021)
- Community College Priorities for American Jobs and Families Plans Legislation (May 2021)
- Options and Perspectives on HEERF Spending (May 2021)
- Summary of Key Provisions of President Biden’s American Families Plan (April 2021)
- AACC Summary of “America’s College Promise Act of 2021” (April 2021)
- Joint AACC/ACCT Letter to Congressional Leadership (Aril 2021)
- Dr. Walter Bumphus’ written testimony before the House Appropriations Committee (April 2021)
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Joint Positions
- Letter to Congressional leaders supporting passage of legislation to assist Afghanistan crisis students and scholars (September 23, 2021)
- Letter to Senate Committee on Finance Regarding Repeal of the Taxability of Pell Grant Aid in Reconciliation (September 22, 2021)
- Letter to Congressional Leaders Urging Congress to Provide Permanent Legal Protections for DACA Recipients and All Dreamers (August 4, 2021)
- Joint Statement Urging All Governments to Allow – Not Restrict or Prohibit – Institutions of Higher Education to Protect the Health and Safety of Their Students, Campuses, and Communities (August 2, 2021)
- Letter to House Leaders in Support of Higher Education Funding in the FY 2022 Appropriations Bill (July 23, 2021)
- Letter to Education Secretary Urging Department to Communicate Plans for Resuming Student Loan Repayment (July 16, 2021)
- Letter to Leaders of House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Urging Any Infrastructure Legislation Provides for Dedicated Investments in Broadband Technology for College Students and Campuses (July 8, 2021)
- Comments on Title IV Program Negotiated Rulemaking Topics Submitted to U.S. Department of Education (July 1, 2021)
- Letter to Congress in Support of $62 Billion for Evidence-Based Student Success Programs. (June 22, 20121)
- Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism and American History (June 2021)
- Letter to Congressional Leaders of Committees on Appropriations on FY 2022 Higher Education Funding (June 11, 2021)
- Joint Comments to Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Improving Implementation of Title IX (June 10, 2021)
- Letter to Congress Regarding #DoublePell (3/25/2021)
- Letter to Congressional leaders supporting the Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act. (March 18, 2021)
- Letter Regarding Higher Education and the Future of Telehealth (3/8/2021)
- Letter to Senate Leadership Supporting Reconciliation (March 2, 2021)
- Amicus Curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States supporting an appeal by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and 11 Conferences to continue the current model of intercollegiate athletics. (February 2021)
- Letter to President Biden expressing ways the higher education community can contribute to the administration’s pandemic response efforts, ranging from enhanced testing and tracing, preventing super-spreader events, to addressing campus mental health needs. (January 29, 2021)
- Letter to Acting Secretary of Education urging the department to clarify that DACA and international students are eligible to receive the second round of Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds. (January 28, 2021)
- Letter to Congressional leaders requesting an additional $97 billion for higher education in critical needs due to the pandemic. (January 25, 2021)