Read more about ACE's COVID-19 federal advocacy work on the
COVID-19 Policy Developments page.
ACE and 62 other associations have offered to assist the departments of Labor, Homeland Security, and State in the review of non-immigrant programs mandated by President Trump's recent executive order on immigration.
The letter to House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees requested that the emergency student financial aid grants authorized by the CARES Act are not subject to taxation (115KB PDF).
Letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy requesting relief for both the 13.7 million students borrowing to finance their college educations and the 44 million already in repayment (118KB PDF).
Comments to the Federal Reserve Chairman requesting updated guidance on the Main Street Lending Program to clarify that nonprofit private and public institutions are included and to exempt student workers from the employee threshhold (154KB PDF).
ACE and other higher education associations released principles modelling the integrity, flexibility, understanding, and compassion that are at the heart of the work colleges and universities are doing on behalf of students during this extraordinarily trying time.
ACE has prepared a
preliminary analysis of what individual institutions may receive to support costs such as shifting classes online and for grants to students for food, housing, technology, and other purposes.