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Applications are now being accepted for volunteers and speakers for 2020 AACS conferences. Volunteers for the CEA & AMP Convention and the AACS Annual Convention are key to the events' success. Join us as a volunteer event committee member. The AACS 2020 theme is: "It's Time To Engage: Advocate. Ignite. Rise." We want compelling programming that will leave attendees wanting more. We want your ideas for topics and credentials as a speaker to share your knowledge and expertise. Submit your application to volunteer here. Submit your application for speaker here. More than 500 letters have been sent to lawmakers so far in the #IncludeBeauty campaign. Join the fight to protect our schools, students and employees from the College Affordability Act, a House bill approved in Committee by the Democrat leadership of the House Education and Labor Committee. The bill is the most comprehensive legislative attack we have seen on the cosmetology sector due to multiple damaging provisions directed at for-profit colleges. You can help by communicating directly with Members of Congress to oppose the House College Affordability Act and ask your employees and students to do so too. Letter templates and instructions are available here. 2020 Government Relations Summit & Hill Day
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Ratner Companies and Beauty Changes Lives are honored to announce four winners of the Fall 2019 Passion and Purpose scholarship. The scholarship celebrates purposeful careers and the passion of aspiring hairstylists. Each winner receives a $3,125 tuition scholarship toward cosmetology education. Fall 2019 Passion and Purpose winners are: Elizabeth Dornian, Vidal Sassoon Academy, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Federal Updates U.S. Department of Education January 3, 2020 – The Federal Student Aid released a series of updates to the quarterly application, disbursement, and portfolio reports on its FSA Data Center to include data through September 30, 2019. As part of this release, servicer performance allocation metrics for the period beginning September 1, 2019, were also refreshed. Below are some key findings from the Quarterly Reports: · Through September 30, 2019, approximately 16.1 million applications were submitted for the 2019-2020 application cycle, a 3.1 percent decrease from the same time period in the prior year. · As of September 2019, approximately 7.8 million DL borrowers were enrolled in IDR plans, an eight-percent increase from September 2018. · During the last quarter, Federal Student Aid received approximately 15,000 new borrower defense applications, bringing the total application count to approximately 288,000. Almost 48,000 applications have been approved, resulting in nearly $535 million in discharges. The Department published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the 2020-21 award year deadline dates for the submission of requests and documents from postsecondary institutions for the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program, Federal Work-Study (FWS), and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) programs (collectively, the “Campus-Based programs”), Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers 84.038, 84.033, and 84.007. Looking Ahead – Next week the House will take up H.J.Res.76, a Congressional resolution of disapproval on the Department of Education’s Borrower Defense to Repayment Rule. Sponsored by Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV), the Joint Resolution states “that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability” (84 Fed. Reg. 49788 (September 23, 2019)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.” This resolution is an attempt by House Democrats to undo the 2019 Borrower Defense Rule and force a long term return to the 2016 BDR rule. The AACS Government Relations Committee and AACS lobbying team in D.C. are involved in advocacy to oppose this resolution in the House. Should it pass the House, the Senate would need to approve it. U.S. Congress – Newly Introduced Legislation of Note S.3149 – A bill to provide for a Federal partnership to ensure educational equity and quality. a. Status: Referred to HELP Committee, 1/6/20
State Update Virginia Regulators and Legislators Consider Hour Reductions Happy New Year! California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. In 2020, 46 state legislatures will commence legislative sessions between January 1 and March 9. Four states – Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Texas – do not have a regular legislative session scheduled in 2020. As always, AACS will keep you apprised of the latest state legislative and regulatory developments of interest to member schools. In Virginia, a bill to reduce the course of instruction for cosmetology and barbering to a maximum of 1,000 hours was pre-filed last week. A Committee referral for HB 514 is pending. Last year, a similarly worded bill was unanimously passed by the Senate before being killed by a deadlocked House Subcommittee. Virginia’s Board for Barbers and Cosmetology will discuss establishing a hair-only license and a “stakeholder request” that the Board support a 1,000-hour cosmetology curriculum at its January 13, 2020 meeting in Richmond. Under current law, the Board has the discretion to set the hours and training requirements for barbering, cosmetology, nail care, waxing, tattooing, body-piercing, and esthetics. An Oklahoma deregulation bill was filed last week by Senator Micheal Bergstrom (R) who represents the Northeast corner of the state. SB 1166 would eliminate licensure for cosmeticians, hairbraiders and demonstrators. Oklahoma cosmeticians are currently required to obtain a 600-hour license to perform shampooing, hair arraigning and the application of makeup, including, but not limited to, using hairstyling tools and products. Hairbraiders are not required to complete a specified course of instruction at a school but must pass a safety and sanitation test to perform hairbraiding, hairweaving techniques, and the application of hair extensions in a licensed cosmetology establishment. The text of the bills listed in this report can be found in AACS’ Bill Tracking Portal. Please do not hesitate to contact Brian Newman at bnewman@abingdonstrategies.com or by phone at 202-491-5254 with comments or questions. Bill Enactment New York A57 – Effective June 17, 2020 Additional Bill Introduction Utah SB 23 Member Events
ED407: Writing Performance Objectives This course focuses on one of the most important parts of a course: the performance objectives. It will discuss the proper procedures for writing performance objectives, while exploring the various types of learning objectives that may be appropriate for your courses. The goal is to help develop a better understanding of the topic, and produce tangible resources to help implement plans, strategies and ideas at your institution. In addition to lecture videos, resource links and assessments, you will be able to utilize Learning Activities, which will continue to be useful after successful completion of the course. Members in the News
AACS is working members to achieve our legislative and regulatory objectives at the federal level, ensuring lawmakers don’t pass misguided legislation that could severely harm our industry. We need your help to tell the industry’s compelling story and save our industry from the negative consequences of harmful legislation. You can help by donating to help us fund this important public relations campaign, and by sharing stories and testimonials. To submit a donation, please click here. To submit a story, please click here. 
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