AAU today joined ACE and 30 other higher education organizations on a letter to the House Education and Labor Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee requesting technical changes to certain provisions in the CARES Act and other statues to “better align existing federal requirements with the needs of students and campuses.” The letter suggests lawmakers expand eligibility of students for emergency grant aid; issue guidance on use of student emergency grant funds; provide flexibility for use of institutional funds; and more. The letter says implementing these proposals will “allow for a faster and more equitable distribution of CARES Act funding to where it is most needed, while also freeing institutions to dedicate available resources to serving their students and supporting their faculty and staff.”