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President Biden’s Build Back Better framework is a good start toward making college more affordable for hardworking American families.
Federal Budget | Affordability and Student Aid | Student Aid | Press ReleasesThe Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leadership House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee staff requesting the committee fund federal student aid programs without statutory budget caps.
Student Aid | Higher Education Legislation | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersAAU letter expressing gratitude for pandemic relief measures to date and outlining steps the federal policymakers should pursue in a bipartisan manner to continue to support our nation's recovery and strengthen our global competitiveness.
COVID-19 | Infrastructure and Innovation | Student Aid | Higher Education Legislation | FY22 | LettersAAU letter to Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction urging them to keep in mind that drastic cuts to research investments in the discretionary accounts, both defense and non-defense, would set a dangerous precedent that would inhibit immediate scientific progress and threaten…
Federal Budget | Fiscal Policy | LettersAAU joined 75 other higher education associations in sending a letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to “preserve critical investments in college affordability and college completion in the final Build Back Better package.”
Affordability and Student Aid | FY22 | Student Aid | Federal Budget | LettersThe House Rules Committee on November 3 released updated text for H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act. The revised text retains many of the proposed changes contained in the bill text the Rules Committee released on October 28 that mirrored President Biden’s $1.75 trillion reconciliation bill…
Student Aid | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Taxation & Finance | AnalysisStatus of FY22 appropriations including the President’s FY22 Budget Request for AAU’s funding priorities at the Department of Education including Title IV and Title VI funding.
FY22 | Appropriations Tables | Agency Budgets | Federal Budget | Department of Education | Student Aid | Fact SheetsRobust support for federal student aid is key to strengthening the nation’s skilled workforce, innovative capacity, and economic competitiveness. The federal government has long played a pivotal role in ensuring individuals from all backgrounds are able to pursue their postsecondary education goals…
FY22 | Student Aid | Federal Budget | Issue BriefAAU joined over 300 organizations and nearly 900 colleges and universities on a letter urging Members of Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersSens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are circulating a “dear colleague” letter asking senators to join a letter to President Joe Biden requesting he work with Congress on a plan to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | Letters