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Position Letters and Congressional Testimony
- Testimony
By David Ward, President, American Council on Education
Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information of Judiciary Committee, United States Senate (October 12, 2001) - AASCU Letter on National Security & Higher Education (October 2, 2001)
- Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding Feinstein Proposal on Student Visas (October 2, 2001)
- Letter to College and University Presidents Regarding the Callup of Reservists (October 1, 2001)
- Letter to College and University Presidents Regarding the Campus Crime Federal Reporting Deadline - October 8 (October 1, 2001)
- Letter to S.1/H.R.1 Conferees re: Title II (July 17, 2001)
- Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee in Support of Adequate Funding for Health and Education (May 16, 2001)
- Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee in Support of Adequate Funding for NSF (May 16, 2001)
- ACE Letter to Sens. Kennedy & Jeffords Opposing Various Amendments to S.1 (May 3, 2001)
- ACE Testimony on Amateur Sports Integrity Act Before Senate Commerce Committee (April 26, 2001)
- Letter to Rep. English in Support of Student Loan Interest Deduction Act Expansion (February 27, 2001)
- Testimony before the District of Columbia Council regarding the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (February 26, 2001)
- ACE Letter to College Presidents about International Safety (February 12, 2001)
- Letter to Urge Congress to Enact FY01 Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill Bipartisan Agreement (December 5, 2000)
Issue Advocacy
SEVP/CIPRIS: Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students
- AACRAO ad placed in Roll Call (May 24, 2001)
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Pilot Program Participants Oppose CIPRIS Repeal (October 2, 2000)
- CIPRIS (Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students) Proposed Rule (December 21, 1999)
- AACRAO's Initial Response to CIPRIS Fee Regulation (December 21, 1999)
- AACRAO Comments to INS on CIPRIS Proposed Rule (February 22, 2000)
Electronic Signatures
- AACRAO Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Performance Standards for Retention of Electronic Records in the Student Financial Assistance Programs (March 19, 2001)
- E-Sign Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (March 2, 2001)
Taxpayer Relief Act
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Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits Documents
- TRA97 Statutory Language,
as amended,
- Section 25A, Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits
- Section 6050S, Returns Relating to Higher Education Tuition and Related Expenses
- Conference Report excerpt, IRS Restructuring and Reform Ac
- TRA97 Statutory Language,
as amended,
- AACRAO Endorses University of California System Letter to IRS on Hope/Lifetime Learning Information Reporting NPRM (September 14, 2000) (.pdf)
- AACRAO Memo: TRA Reporting
- ACE Circulates AACRAO Memo To Presidents
Partnership for Veterans' Education
- Partnership Letter to 107th Congress Members (January 2001)
- Press Release (March 1, 2000)
- Sample Letter to Members of Congress in Support of S.2419, H.R.4334 (April 2000)


