Thanks to all of our supporters for telling the Super Committee that Washington should not balance the budget on the backs of students. All told, more than 100,000 people signed the statement of support we delivered to the committee in November. But even though the Super Committee threw in the towel, as advocates for student [...]
- We still have work to do to #savestudentaid ! Next steps from the Student Aid Alliance: http://t.co/YjQPQEfP #highered #savepell 1 month ago
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December9th
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November18th
Student Aid Alliance Delivers 100,000 Signatures to Super Committee in Support of Federal Student Aid
Posted in: News Releases
As part of our Save Student Aid! Campaign, the Student Aid Alliance yesterday delivered a statement of support for federal student aid funding signed by more than 100,000 people to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The Alliance is already hearing positive feedback from a number of those members’ offices this morning. [...]
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October21st
Preliminary proposals for next year’s student aid funding levels have emerged from both the House and Senate, while the “Super Committee” will be looking at both the Pell Grant and student loan programs. House Appropriators Set Marker In an unexpected move on September 30, the House Appropriations Committee released a draft of its FY 2012 Labor-HHS-Education spending [...]
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September26th
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its FY 2012 Labor-HHS-Education
spending bill on Sept. 21, maintaining the SEOG and Federal Work-Study student
aid programs at last year’s levels. The committee also funded a maximum Pell
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August1st
Statement by the Student Aid Alliance on Debt Ceiling Deal
Posted in: Legislation & Analysis, News Releases
As students and educators, our members understand the necessity of raising the debt ceiling in order to pay the bills the nation has incurred and preserve our standing as a leader among nations of the world. We commend the president and both political parties for reaching an agreement that provides $17 billion in funding to [...]
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July29th
Statement by the Student Aid Alliance on Budget Reduction, Debt Limit Proposals and the Threat to Student Aid
Posted in: News Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, July 29, 2011 The budget plans developed by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) have one thing in common: they both try to do the right thing for low- and middle-income college students by sustaining funding for the Pell Grant program in a deficit neutral [...]
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