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Education Government Relations

Welcome and thank you for your interest and support of the legislative efforts and advocacy priorities of APA's Education Government Relations Office (GRO). 

Our legislative agenda is aimed at increasing federal investments in psychology education and training, as well as advancing psychology's role in education. 

Grassroots support from psychologist constituents like you is critical to the success of our efforts. Over the past 20 years, psychologists' quick response to our Action Alerts has helped advance the discipline of psychology in important federal legislative initiatives such as funding for graduate psychology education and support for campus suicide prevention programs. 

Please visit this page regularly to check for important Action Alerts and to get information and updates on pending federal legislation of interest to the psychology education and training community.


 

Legislative Update

Keep up to date with APA Government Relations activities via the FAN Legislative Update!

 

 

Applied Advocacy Training

 


View the APA Interactive Advocacy Skills Workshop held at the 2019 NCSPP Mid-Winter Conference here

Applied Advocacy Training Handouts


 

Higher Education and K-12 Education

APA Provides Feedback on the PROSPER Act (H.R. 4508)

On Tuesday, December 12th the House Education and the Workforce Committee passed the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act (HR 4508) by a vote of 23-17. This legislation includes significant changes to the Higher Education Act, some of which could have a negative impact on access to and affordability of graduate study.  APA CEO Arthur C. Evans, Jr. PhD sent a letter on behalf of the American Psychological Association to the Committee leadership.   It provides comments on topics including federal support for graduate study, teacher education, and campus climate and campus sexual assault prevention.  For more information on APA’s priorities for higher education, please visit http://www.apa.org/advocacy/higher-education/index.aspx.

APA Joins ACE on Letter Expressing Concerns about Treatment of Higher Education in Proposed Tax Reform Legislation

ACE Letter Higher Education Provisions in HR1.pdf

Workforce Education and Training

The Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program

 

The GPE Program is the nation’s only federal program dedicated solely to the interprofessional education and training of doctoral-level health service psychologists. 

Funding for the competitive grant program has been included in the President’s budget requests since FY 2010. Through the GPE program, the nation has a critical mechanism to ensure the interprofessional training and placement of psychologists who specialize in providing mental and behavioral health care to vulnerable and underserved populations. To learn more about the program, click here.


 

Argosy Student Impact Statement

Share Your Statement

Are you a doctoral student impacted by the uncertain circumstances at Argosy University? If you are a student attending a psychology program at Argosy University, owned by Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH), the American Psychological Association (APA) would like to hear from you as we seek to assist students at this challenging time.

Student Impact Statement

APA Letter to Department of Education 

Senate Letter to Secretary DeVos

 

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APA Call for Personal Stories about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Share Your Story

Are you aware of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)? Are you seeking to participate in the program? Have you encountered challenges along your path to loan forgiveness? Protecting the PSLF program during the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is one of APA’s priorities. We are equally committed to ensuring that the program is being implemented with integrity. Would you like to help in this advocacy effort?

Share Your Story!

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