Legislative Update archive
March 2010
- Feature: Higher education legislation moves to Pawlenty
- Update: Day at the Capitol wrap-up
- The big picture: Making up the state's budget shortfall
- National news: Student aid bill passes
February 2010
- Feature: State Grant program forecast worsens
- Update: Additional State Grant cuts included in Pawlenty’s Feb. 15 budget
- Taking action: Face-to-face advocacy and Facebook
- National news: Student aid supported in new federal budget proposal
- Worth noting: State Demographer Tom Gillaspy
May 2009
- Feature: State acts to boost aid for college students
- Update: Students and supporters made a difference
- Update: Panel seeks examples of burdensome regulations
- Student voice: Tina VanSteenbergen
March 2009
- Feature: New federal funding holds promise and risks
- Worth considering: Obama raises the bar
- Update: Agenda endorsements begin
- Update: Face-to-face advocacy and Facebook
- Student voice: Mary Gleich
January 2009
- Feature: Pawlenty budget preserves need-based aid funding from cuts
- Worth thinking about: Economic outlook calls for education investment
- National: Quick federal action may help address college affordability
- Update: Find us on Facebook
- Student voices: Nicole and Marcie Flygare, Bethany Lutheran College
December 2008
- Feature: Recession makes this the right time for a College Opportunity Agenda
- Worth thinking about: Think tank thinks big, pushes for more need-based aid
- New idea: The end of FAFSA?
- National news: Obama agenda and Pell Grant possibilities
- Student voice: LaCresia King
