On June 27th, NASFAA transmitted to the leaders of the House and Senate authorizing committees the Association's recommendations for changes in the Higher Education Act (HEA) with specific statutory language. The Association's recommendation were sent to Capitol Hill earlier, but did not include specific legislative language since staff needed time to develop it and the legislative committee deadlines were too early to accommodate the project.
Those earlier recommendations were sent to the House Subcommittee
on 21st Century Competitiveness on December 19, 2002, to the
Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on May 22, 2003, and to the Department
of Education on March 7, 2003.
The format identifies the issue (and statutory citation where possible), NASFAA's recommendation, rationale, current HEA statutory language, and the Association's proposed modifications to the law. The following format is used for indicating changes in the law:
- Where there were no changes in the current statute a standard font was used (for example, Pell Grant).
- Where legislative language was added a bold font was used (for example, Pell
Grant).
- Where the striking of current legislative language was recommended, a strikeout font was used (for example,
Pell Grant).
Since this is a very large document, the recommendations are available in section as well as in a single document. All documents are in PDF format and indicate the number of pages in the document.
Sample Cover Letter to Congress, one page
Federal Pell Grants, 18 pages
All Campus-based Programs, 5 pages
Federal SEOG, 3 pages
LEAP/SLEAP, 1 page
Part B and D loans, 46 pages
Federal Work-Study, 7 pages
Federal Perkins Loans, 9 pages
Federal Methodology, 25 pages
General Provisions, 36 pages
Return of Title IV Funds, 16 pages
Tax Issues, 8 pages
If you wish to have all the above recommendations in a single document, a Compiled Recommendation document is available that runs 176 pages.
By Larry Zaglaniczny,
NASFAA Director for Legislative Affairs
Posted July 9, 2003 on www.NASFAA.org, Web Site of the
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Copyright 2003. Redistribution to nonmember institutions is prohibited
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