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Advocacy Topics Letters
Budget and Appropriations
Letter to Congress on Possible FY2018 Budget Rescission and the Impact on Student Aid (5/4/18)
Letter to Congress in Support of the FY 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill (3/22/18)
Letter to Congressional Budget and Appropriations Leaders on Priorities for FY 2018 (6/7/17)
Letter to Congressional Leadership in Support of the Fiscal Year 2017 Consolidated Appropriations Act (5/2/17)
Letter to Congress on Finalizing Appropriations for FY 2017 (4/5/17)
Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee Leaders on Year-Round Pell Grants (3/16/17)
Letter to Congressional Appropriations Leaders on Year-Round Pell Grants (10/24/16)
Letter to the Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee on Cutting Pell Grant Funding (11/25/14)
Letter to House and Senate Budget Committee Chairs on Sequestration (11/1/13)
Letter to Congress on Protecting Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions (10/14/11)
Letter to the Senate on Preserving the LEAP Program (3/2/11)
Financial Aid
Comments to the Department of Education on Proposed Borrower Defense Rule (8/30/18)
Letter to Reps. Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi on PROSPER Act (2/15/18)
Letter to the House Education and the Workforce Committee in Advance of the HEA Bill Markup (12/11/17)
Letter to Education Secretary about Potential problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Programs (5/2/17)
Letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Suspension of IRS Data Retrieval Tool (4/14/17)
Higher Education Community Comments on Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (8/2/13)
Letter to Senate on Legislation to Maintain the Subsidized Student Loan Interest Rate (5/7/12)
Letter to House Legislation to Maintain the Subsidized Student Loan Interest Rate (4/26/12)
Student Issues
Higher Education Act
Comments to the Department of Education on Gainful Employment Regulations (9/13/18)
Letter to the Senate HELP Committee on Priorities for Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (2/23/18)
Comments on Sen. Alexander’s Policy Paper on Data Transparency and Consumer Information (5/8/15)
Comments on Sen. Alexander’s Risk-Sharing Policy Paper (4/28/15)
Comments on Department of Education’s Proposed Regulations for Teacher Preparation Programs (2/2/15)
Comments on the OMB Cost Estimates for Proposed Teacher Preparation Regulations (1/2/15)
Comments to the Education Department on Proposed Gainful Employment Rules (5/27/14)
Letter to the House: Vote Yes to Repeal State Authorization and Credit Hour Regulation (2/27/12)
Letter to Rep. Virginia Foxx on Education Department’s Final Program Integrity Rules (3/10/11)
Letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Credit Hour Definition in Program Integrity Regulations (2/16/11)
Comments on the Notice for Proposed Rulemaking for Title IV Student Financial Aid Programs (8/2/10)
Immigration
Letter to Homeland Security on Proposed Change in Public Charge Rule (12/10/18)
Letter to Rep. Jeff Denham and Other Representatives in Support of the “Queen of the Hill” Immigration Bill Resolution (5/24/18)
Letter to the Department of Homeland Security on Processing DACA Renewals (4/13/18)
Higher Education Associations’ Letter of Thanks to Representatives Calling for DACA Fix (12/15/17)
Letter to Congress on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (9/12/17)
Letter to Homeland Security Secretary on Maintaining the United States as the Destination of Choice for Students, Scholars (1/31/17)
Labor and Employment
Comments on the Department of Labor’s Draft Overtime Rules (9/4/15)
Law and the Courts
Amicus Brief Harvard v Students Fair Admissions (7/30/18)
Comments on the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (6/5/14)
Comments on the Education Department’s NPRM for FERPA (5/23/11)
Tax Policy
Letter to Congress as Conference Committee Begins Negotiations on Final Tax Bill (12/8/17)
Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (11/6/17)
Comments on Draft Guidance for Tax-Exempt Social Welfare Organizations on Candidate-Related Political Activities (2/27/14)
