AAU is committed to advocating for higher education legislation that supports our mission to advance society through education, research and discovery. On behalf of its members, AAU monitors and engages on a wide range of policy and appropriations-related education issues, including accreditation, graduate education, international programs, student aid, and other issues in the Higher Education Act. Of particular importance is the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), which was last reauthorized in 2008 and is currently up for renewal. AAU looks forward to working with policymakers on the next reauthorization of the HEA.
AAU joined an ACE letter to the House Committee on Labor-HHS funding for FY24.
SAA letter to Congress on FY24 education cuts.
AAU joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and 18 other higher education organizations in endorsing the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act (H.R. 3000), which “would repeal the taxability of Pell Grants and help hundreds of thousands of low-income Pell Grant recipients access the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC).”
Status of FY24 appropriations including the President’s FY24 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Education including Title IV and Title VI funding.
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AAU signed onto a Student Aid Alliance (SAA) letter, for which AAU is a member of the Steering Committee, along with 34 other members, to urge Congress to support increases in several impactful postsecondary education programs for the FY24 budget such as an increase in the maximum Pell Grant to $13,000 per student.
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AAU joined ACE and 83 other higher education organizations in a comment letter to the Department of Education’s Feb. 15 Dear Colleague Letter, “Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions.”
AAU, ACE, and 7 other higher education associations sent a comment letter expressing strong support for the Department of Education’s proposal to rescind a portion of its 2020 “free inquiry rule” related to religious student organizations at public colleges and universities.
The Double Pell Alliance, which includes AAU, sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees asking them to “make bold new investments in the Pell Grant program, with the goal of increasing the maximum Pell award to $13,000.”
Friends of IES, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to leadership in the Labor, HHS, Education & Related Agencies subcommittees of the Appropriations committees in the House and Senate urging them to provide $900 million in funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
