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Overview of 2015
Community College
Priorities
Moderator and Presenters
Jee Hang Lee, ACCT Vice President for Public Policy and External Relations
David Baime, AACC Senior Vice President for Government Relations & Policy
Analysis
Jim Hermes, AACC Associate Vice President of Government Relations
Jennifer Stiddard, ACCT Senior Public Policy Associate
Federal Funding Priorities for Community
Colleges and Students
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Provide strong funding for community college priority programs;
nullify sequestration cuts for FY 2016 and beyond
FSEOG, Work-Study, TRIO and GEAR UP
Perkins CTE programs and Adult Basic Education
Federal Funding Priorities for Community
Colleges and Students
• Title III and Title V institutional aid programs, including
Strengthening Institutions, HSIs, PBIs, AANAPISIs, HBCUs and
Tribal Colleges
• Workforce training funds for WIOA programs
• NSF’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program
Federal Pell Grant Program
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Provide funding to support inflationary increases to the maximum
Pell Grant award without limiting eligibility
Restore the Year-Round Pell Grant
Reinstate full eligibility for “ability-to-benefit” students
Extend lifetime Pell eligibility to 14 full-time equiv. semesters
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
• Reauthorize HEA to support community college access & success by
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Improving federal student aid programs
Ensuring accurate measures of student success
Reducing regulatory burden
Improving institutional support
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
• Revise federal loan borrowing limits
• Separate federal loan default rates and institutional Pell eligibility
• Replace cohort default rates with better metric
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
• Develop accountability measures that more accurately reflect
community college success including transfers
• Create a national unit record data system
• Ensure maintenance of effort by states
• Allow students in short-term workforce training to receive federal aid
Federal Support for Reduced Community
College Tuition
• Authorize and fund legislation comparable to President Obama’s
America’s College Promise proposal
• Create new federal-state partnerships to fund this initiative with
emphasis on state maintenance of effort
Please visit the ACCT and AACC Web sites for legislative
news, upcoming activities and events.
ACCT – www.acct.org
AACC – www.aacc.nche.edu