Beauty Schools Marketing Group has teamed up with AACS to create the 2nd Annual Beauty Benchmarks Report and we need your feedback.  We are conducting an industry-wide survey and the data gathered will help us better serve our membership and the Beauty & Wellness Industry as a whole.  Participants of the survey will be entered into a random drawing and two winners will receive a complimentary registration to the AACS 2019 Annual Convention & Expo in Las Vegas.  This year’s shortened survey only takes 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your participation!

Help us celebrate CEA & AMP’s silver anniversary. Our 25th Celebration will be held Saturday, June 22, 2019. Dress your best, with accents of silver. AACS will provide the silver masquerade masks which will be located at the entrance.

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Congratulations to the three winners of the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation Beauty Changes Lives scholarships awarded for esthetic and nails and barbering and cosmetology.

The winners and their respective schools are as follows:

Esthetic & Nails: Paola Meneses, Valley Village, Calif. (Aveda Institute)

Barbering & Cosmetology: Ivie Slaughter, League City, Texas (Paul Mitchell – The School)

Barbering & Cosmetology:Latoya Benjamin, Summerville, Calif. (Paul Mitchell - The School)


         

 L to R: Latoya Benjamin, Paola Meneses, Ivie Slaughter

Federal Updates

 U.S. Department of Education 

On June 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register proposing to amend the regulations governing the Department’s recognition of accrediting agencies. See. The Secretary also included proposals to revise the state authorization requirements for institutions offering distance education or correspondence courses. The public comment period is now open and schools may submit comments electronically through https://www.regulations.gov/ by Friday, July 12, 2019. AACS will be distributing by Monday June 24, 2019 a notice to all members summarizing key provisions of the proposed rules and highlighting areas schools may want to focus on for comments. AACS is also preparing public comments for submission over the association’s name through the AACS Government Relations Committee.

On June 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Education published an Electronic Announcement to notify institutions of Changes to Third-Party Mailings. Effective July 1, 2019, the IRS will no longer mail tax transcripts to third-parties as requested on Form 4506, Form 4506-T and Form 4506T-EZ. These forms will be amended to remove the third-party mailing option. Third-parties, including institutions who use these forms for income verification, have other alternatives to access these transcripts as a third-party. The IRS offers an Income Verification Express Service (IVES) which has several hundred participants, who, with proper authorization, order transcripts directly from the IRS. Institutions can either contract with existing IVES participants or become IVES participants themselves by registering for e-Services on IRS.gov.

Congress

The AACS lobbying team at Duane Morris LLP (Katherine Brodie and Kristina Gill) hit the Hill this week to meet with members of the Senate Health Education and Labor Committee regarding progress on the Higher Education Act reauthorization bill. They met with staff from Senators Cassidy (R-LA), Senator Braun (R-IN), Senator Roberts (R-KS), Senator Jones (D-AL), Senator Scott (R-SC) and Senator Romney (R-UT). Each of these Senators serves on the Senate education committee and has AACS member schools in their state. Although Senate leadership remains committed to trying to get an HEA bill to the President’s desk this year, there remain significant barriers to reaching this goal, including reaching bipartisan compromise on Title IX issues and regarding and new or amended HEA accountability metrics. In addition to the Senate meetings, on the House side we met with Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies, and the minority staff of the House Education and Labor Committee. The Duane Morris team will be providing a full report and recommended next steps to the AACS Government Relations Committee on its regular calls.

Last week, as reported, the House Rules Committee is considering a number of proposed amendments to a FY 2020 appropriations bill package, several of which targeted for-profit colleges. One amendment increasing the budget for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General was added to the funding package, but no proprietary-school specific amendments have been included. The AACS Government Relations Committee continues to actively monitor the appropriations process. 

State Updates

Apprenticeship Supervision Debated in Delaware 

There are 13 state legislatures actively meeting this week, including Maine which adjourned sine die on Wednesday and New York which recessed Wednesday with the ability to reconvene at the discretion of the Speaker of the Assembly or the Senate President.  As always, AACS will keep you apprised of the latest state legislative developments of interest to member schools.

A bill to update Delaware’s cosmetology and barbering Act was introduced last week and was subsequently passed by the House 41 to 0 on June 13.  The measure would allow a licensed cosmetologist with one-year of experience to obtain a master barber license after completing a 35-hour course in shaving.  It would also reduce the experience needed for licensure reciprocity from three years to one year… Click here to read the full update.

The Pay it Forward Contest, sponsored by Wella, honors a beauty educator who has demonstrated how the power of one person can positively impact the lives of others, students, clients, coworkers, fellow instructors, their community and more. Join us for the award breakfast on June 25 as we celebrate this year's winner - Jared DeRaj Matthew, and hear Jared share his story of how the power of one ignited a ripple effect of positive change.

Registration is open for the AACS Annual Convention.

It’s still not too late to register for CEA & AMP 2019, click here. You won’t want to miss learning from the best.

Dermalogica: Discover why Dermalogica is the number one choice for professional skin therapists worldwide Click here to register.

CND: Discover what's hot in nail artistry by getting art-rageous with CND’s color brands. Click here to register.

American Crew Academy: Greg Meyers and Pam Voisard present a live model show and showcase the upcoming trends of the collaboration with Harley Davidson. Click here to register.

Member News

Congratulations to Strand College of Hair Design's Founder and President Nancy Poole. Poole’s students competed at the Premiere Orlando's International Beauty Student Competition and took home several honors. 1st place in Avant Garde, 1st and 3rd place in Scarily GOREgeous, 2nd place in Cirque Du Premiere, and 2nd place in the Soak Off Gel Manicure competition. Ms. Poole has been taking her students to various state and national student competitions since her school opened in 1993. She feels that this is a huge educational opportunity and experience for her students to learn and grow.