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NAGPS Legislative Platform [HTML] [PDF]
NAGPS is dedicated to improving graduate education through certain
legislative efforts. NAGPS favors legislation that gives opportunities
to international students, increases student aid through loans and
grants, decreases the tax burden on graduate students, and ensures
equal rights for graduate students.
Current Issues:

• Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act (H.R. 1380)
  The
  HEAEA is a tax bill that aims to improve both graduate and
  undergraduate education through certain tax incentives. The bill would
  return graduate stipends to their once tax-exempt status, increase the
  ceiling on student loan tax deductions, as well as increase
  contributions to education savings accounts.
• The Student Borrower Bill of Rights Act (S. 3255)
  The
  Student Borrower Bill of Rights aims to prevent predatory lending
  practices aimed at student borrowers. Many students leave college with
  large debts and are then forced to pay them back through unreasonable
  monthly payments at high interest rates. Many students in such
  positions are often unaware of the terms of their loans. Fear of such
  situations forces many students to not attend college altogether. By
  outlining the rights of student borrowers, we hope to end such
  practices and increase post-secondary enrollment.
• Coalition for an Affordable and Accessible Graduate Education
  The
  Coalition is a group of graduate and professional student
  organizations, along with individual universities and higher education
  groups, working together to make graduate and professional education in
  the United States available to anyone with the desire and skills to
  pursue it.
• National Tuition Endowment Act
  Currently
  there is $30B that is wasted due to inefficiencies and corporate
  subsidies in the federal student loan system. The National Tuition
  Endowment Act aims to close these loopholes and make the system more
  efficient, giving this overhead back to students in the form of
  additional student aid.

Letters to Congress:

• Letter to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions opposing H.R. 5
• Letter supporting an increase in FY 2007 education funding
• Letter to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions regarding S. 3255
• Letter to Senate opposing Labor/HHS/Education appropriations for FY 2007
• Letter to House opposing Labor/HHS/Education appropriations for FY 2007

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