Thank you for your willingness to participate in NASFAA's advocacy campaign to protect student aid funding! This page features resources to assist you in your outreach, including:
On June 26, the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) Appropriations Subcommittee released its budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2025. The House Appropriations Committee on July 10 marked up and advanced the bill, which now heads to the House floor. The bill calls for significant cuts to federal student aid programs that support millions of students across the nation. The proposal called for:
As Congress considers FY 2025 appropriations, it is critical that your representative hears from you about how these cuts will impact your students.
If you're not sure who your representative is, visit the House of Representatives search page. This page also includes House office phone numbers and links to contact each representative via email.
NASFAA has developed a sample letter that you may wish to use to encourage your representative to support funding for crucial student aid programs in the 2025 appropriations bills.
We encourage you to customize this letter by including the number of recipients and total amount of funding awarded in your district for each program. You can find data by selecting your state, then "2023 - 2024 By Congressional Districts."
View Federal Student Aid Data in your Congressional District
We understand that some NASFAA members are not able to participate in our advocacy efforts for a number of reasons, including institutional policies around employee involvement in direct advocacy. We encourage you to connect with the office at your institution that handles government relations to determine if you are able to help with this effort.
Publication Date: 7/22/2024