ACE & ACPA Seek Finalization on US Dept. of Education Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 5, 2017

Representative Paul Ryan
Representative Nancy Pelosi
Senator Mitch McConnell
Senator Chuck Schumer 

Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader Pelosi, Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer: On behalf of the undersigned associations, we write to encourage you to finalize work on the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) appropriations process in the most expedient and least disruptive way. We are greatly concerned about what any additional delays to the appropriations process may mean for critical student aid and research programs.

Membership Vote: Bylaws

ACPA Colleagues,

In response to what we have been hearing from our membership, we restructured the bylaws creating standard operating procedures in order to allow our structures and processes to be more adaptive to member needs. No substantive changes were made in the process of this.

Some examples of items we moved from the bylaws to Standard Operating Procedures are nomination and election procedures; the role and process of state chapters, international divisions, coalitions, commissions, and communities of practice process; and publications.

ACPA Update on North Carolina HB2

Dear Colleagues,

North Carolina lawmakers have voted to "roll back" HB 2, the  "bathroom bill",  in an attempt to end the backlash over the rights of transgender people.  HB 2 has been a very costly choice to discriminate in loss of business projects, conventions and basketball tournaments.