Bad Policy.
"The ACLU and Students for Sensible Drug Policy are filing a federal lawsuit today against the Department of Education and Secretary Margaret Spellings. The suit challenges the constitutionality of the law that strips college financial aid from students with drug convictions. The New York Times wrote about it here.
The policy has already derailed or destroyed the academic careers of nearly 200,000 would-be students since being enacted in 2000. Drug offenders are the only class of people automatically denied aid - murderers, rapists, arsonists, burglars, etc are still eligible."
The policy has already derailed or destroyed the academic careers of nearly 200,000 would-be students since being enacted in 2000. Drug offenders are the only class of people automatically denied aid - murderers, rapists, arsonists, burglars, etc are still eligible."
posted by ArcadesProjector at
9:43 PM
2 Comments:
This is incredible. Is it that the other non-drug offenders are still provided with aid, or their cases are examined more closely before they are denied?
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BlondebutBright, at 3/27/2006 3:27 AM
Probably the latter. Although I would not be surprised if a convicted burgler received aid. I doubt convicted murderers, rapists, arsonists are going to college at all.
By
ArcadesProjector, at 3/28/2006 12:34 PM
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