ACE Policy Recommendations to 2024 Presidential Candidates
| 9/11/2024 | Ahead of the November election, ACE wrote to the presidential candidates’ campaigns with recommendations for key policies to strengthen higher education.
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Topic(s): Affordability; Research; Campus Safety; Taxation and Finance; Immigration and International Students; Veterans Education; Mental Health
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Type: Memo
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Comments on the Proposed Rule on Green Energy Elective Tax Payments
| 8/7/2023 | Comments to the IRS and the Department of the Treasury on the proposed regulations concerning elective payments for green energy tax credits under the the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter of Support for the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act
| 5/5/2023 | Letter to Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Mike Kelly (R-PA) strongly endorsing the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act, which would repeal the taxability of Pell Grants and help hundreds of thousands of students access the American Opportunity Tax Credit. |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance; Financial Aid; Pell Grants
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress on the Expiration of Federal Subsidies for Build America Bonds
| 11/17/2022 | Letter from ACE and six other higher education organizations to congressional leadership requesting a renewal of federal subsidies for the Build America Bonds program beyond their current January expiration date. |
Topic(s): Legislation; Taxation and Finance
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Comments on the Eligibility of Public Institutions for Green Energy Tax Credits
| 11/3/2022 | Comments to the IRS and the Department of the Treasury requesting guidance clarifying that all public universities are eligible for green energy tax credits under the the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress in Support of the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act
| 10/28/2022 | ACE, on behalf of 15 other higher education organizations, sent this letter to the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee urging them to include the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act in any lame-duck tax legislation. |
Topic(s): Pell Grants; Legislation; Financial Aid; Taxation and Finance; Tax Reform
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the Department of Education on Student Loan Repayment Transition
| 11/17/2021 | ACE and the other higher education associations write to Secretary Cardona urging ED to share the full details of what is planning to do to help students and colleges during the transition to resuming student loan repayments. |
Topic(s): Student Loans; Financial Aid
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to Congress in Support of the Higher Education Provisions in the Build Back Better Act
| 10/20/2021 | Letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging Congress to retain the level of higher education funding and key tax provisions provided in the Build Back Better Act passed by the House Budget Committee. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Financial Aid; Taxation and Finance
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to House Leadership on Repealing Pell Grant Taxability
| 9/23/2021 | Letter from ACE and other assocations to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to repeal the taxability of Pell Grants in the FY 2022 budget reconciliation process. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Taxation and Finance; Financial Aid; Pell Grants
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Letter to the Senate Finance Committee on Repealing Pell Grant Taxability
| 9/22/2021 | ACE President Ted Mitchell writes to urge members of the Senate Finance Committee to repeal the taxability of Pell Grants in the FY 2022 budget reconciliation process. |
Topic(s): Federal Budget and Appropriations; Taxation and Finance; Financial Aid; Pell Grants
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Type: Letters and Comments
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