The following documents will help you prepare for the Leadership Conference. Please click on the purple link to go directly to the document.

Agenda

Conference Checklist (PDF): This checklist will remind you of some pre-trip details.

Legislative Issues (updated as of March 6, 2008): The following two documents, as well as the Legislative Update at the conference will help you prepare for your hill visits.

FY2009 Funding Requests Information (PDF): This document explains what funding levels the higher education community is requesting. The document comes from the Student Aid Alliance of which NASFAA is an active member. It gives a short rationale for each Title IV program and includes what FY '09 funding level the Alliance believes will best serve the needs of student aid
recipients.

Overview of NASFAA HEA Reauthorization Priorities (PDF): This document highlights NASFAA's highest priorities for the House and Senate Conference Committee as it finalizes the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.

Hill Visit Guidelines (PDF): This document contains helpful information about scheduling and actually making your hill visits.

Sample Information Template (PDF): This is one example of how to arrange the data for an information piece for your hill visit.

Federal Student Aid Data Sheets (PDF): These documents by state, contain allocations and award recipients for each of the federal student aid programs.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkasas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Questions: If you have any questions about these legislative issues, please contact Larry Zaglaniczny (202) 785-0453, ext. 6955 or larryz@nasfaa.org). If you have questions about the conference itself, please contact Barbara Gordon ((202) 785-0453, ext. 6945 or gordonb@nasfaa.org).