AACN's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
August 23: AACN signed onto an American Council on Education letter to the Secretary of the Department of Education (DOE), Miguel Cardona, in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding program integrity and institutional quality in the areas of distance education, return of Title IV funds, and the Federal TRIO programs. The letter spelled out concerns with proposed DOE actions in each of these areas.
August 15: AACN sent a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, in response proposed reforms to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The letter urged the Committee to prioritize funding for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), and to maintain NINR as an independent Institute within NIH. AACN also signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition letter making the same request.
August 13: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition comment letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emphasizing the importance of nursing representation on federal advisory committees, taskforces, and councils.
August 2: AACN submitted comments in response to a Congressional request for information (RFI) on how Congress can better support research into cures and treatments for diseases.
July 29: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition letter reiterating support for AACN’s top appropriations priorities, including least $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
June 25: AACN signed onto a letter urging Congress to provide full funding for non-discretionary defense programs in FY2025.
June 24: AACN signed onto a letter supporting funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
June 7: AACN signed on to an American Council on Education letter to Congress opposing the addition of the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act and the Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions (DETERRENT) Act as amendments to the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (H.R.8070).