AACS is proud to announce that when you come to Washington D.C. and spend the day on Capitol Hill, a resolution will be signed to formally recognize April 12, 2018 as National Beauty and Wellness Education Day. We are thrilled to have our 2018 Hill Day receive this special designation, calling attention to the effectiveness of our community and the work you do to provide students with the opportunity to complete education, obtain licensure, and enter the workforce.

Don’t miss this landmark day for our Association – register for the School Leaders Summit soon. All registrations include Capitol Hill Day! Click here to get your tickets.

Have you registered for the 2018 CEA & AMP Annual Convention yet? From now until May 18th, get your discounted tickets to the most anticipated event of the year! You can also submit your nominations for the N.F. Cimaglia Educator of the Year award – submit your colleagues, your friends, or even yourself!

Details on the schedule and hands-on workshops will begin rolling out soon, but you can take advantage of the discounted rate today by clicking here.

South Carolina’s House Occupational Regulation and Licensing Boards Subcommittee favorably reported H5097 to the full House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs. As previously reported, the measure would establish a 1,200-hour hair design license and define hair design to include: “arranging, styling, thermal curling, chemical waxing, pressing, shampooing, cutting, shaping, chemical bleaching, chemical coloring, chemical relaxing, or similar work on the hair, wig, or hairpiece of a person, by any means, with hands and mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliance.”

In Michigan, the Senate Regulatory Reform Committee favorably reported a Committee Substitute to SB 751 last week. As drafted, the measure would allow cosmetology students who have completed 350 hours of instruction, and met specific academic requirements, to perform shampooing services – both shampooing and blow drying – on members of the public in a cosmetology establishment.

Click here for more State Relations updates from Brian Newman.

In some states, a bill can be introduced and become a law within 72 hours. If deregulation reared its ugly head in your state, do you know what to do? Listen to this panel of individuals as they share their stories of what has been happening in their states and how they have summoned all hands on deck. The question is not “if it will happen in your state," but "when will it happen?” Come and find out how to NOT get caught with your pants down!

Panel hosted by Brenda Scharman of Cameo College of Essential Beauty.

Register here.

Everything you need to know to be engaged with AACS' Political Action Committee. As we continue to build a modern association, we want to keep you fully informed about our work, and we’d like to share more information about what it means to utilize such a valuable tool to advance our advocacy.

We’ve designed this webinar to help you understand how the creation of our PAC takes us into the future, and we invite you to learn about the work that AACS PAC can do on your behalf – but we need your help to get there. Please join us for our webinars to learn how you can be a part of our efforts.

The webinar content will cover:
• How PACs operate
• Guidelines for PAC participation – what to expect as School Owner and Partner Members
• Benefits of a PAC

Register for today’s webinar by clicking the link below:

Friday, March 30 – 1:00pm EST

Don’t forget to renew your AACS Membership for 2018 if you haven’t already. To avoid a gap in your member benefits, make sure you renew by March 31st! You can even renew online for added convenience.

If you have any questions or would like to submit your payment over the phone, please contact Glen Fernandez or call 800.831.1086 for more details.

Increase graduate employment outcomes with a nationally certified career services staff. AACS Online Training Center offers your career services team the opportunity to earn the Certified Higher Education Professional (CHEP) certification.

Learn more about CHEP in Career Services.

Are you providing certification opportunities for your employees? Display recognition seals on your institution's website to let your students know.

April 28 – 30 | McCormick Place North, Chicago IL

  
Who attends:

America’s Beauty Show is ONLY for licensed salon professionals and students, NOT the general public. Some 70,000+ hairdressers, nail technicians, estheticians, salon owners, beauty school instructors and students, plus manufacturer and distributor personnel attend each year.

Click here for the step-by-step process to register discounted tickets.