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Research Tools: Information for Legislative Visits

FRPAA-Open Access

Graduate Student Tax Exemption

H1B Visa Reform

Lobbying 101

White Papers for Legislative Appointments

Health care Reform

Visa Reform

Student Loan Reform

Tax Exemption for Graduate-Professional Students

FRPAA Open-Access to Research

Legislative Action is one of the three core missions of NAGPS, to ensure that the concerns of graduate students nationwide are heard by their leaders.  NAGPS seeks to improve the lives of graduate students throughout the United States by:

• Organizing direct lobbying through its semiannual Legislative Action Days.
• Informing its membership of federal legislative and administrative actions that will effect the lives of its members.
• Assiting member schools in organizing local and national advocacy efforts to bring about lasting changes.

The Legislative Concerns Committee is the primary group to tackle these educational laws and policies, but other legislative action efforts occur in the International Student Concerns Committee, the Employment Concerns Committee, and the Social Justice Committee.

NAGPS' agenda for legislative change is spelled out in our Legislative Platform (.doc), approved yearly at our Annual Conference.