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Drug law cuts off student aid; 3,000 in state denied funding, release shows
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Nearly 3,000 Wisconsin students have been denied financial aid for
college under a federal law that remains controversial even as it
undergoes reform.
The law prohibits people who have been convicted of selling or
possessing drugs from receiving Pell Grants and other forms of
federal financial aid. Since 2000, it has been used to refuse
assistance to more than 189,000 needy students, including 2,897 in
Wisconsin, according to a state-by-state breakdown released for the
first time by th...
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Lawmakers seek to repeal strict financial-aid drug clause
St. Joseph News-Press
; WASHINGTON - A provision of the 1998 Higher Education Act that delays or denies financial aid to students convicted of drug offenses was called "ridiculous" by several House members this week. Students convicted of drug possession are denied financial aid for one year, and those convicted of
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Financial aid law criticized Cleaned-up former drug users unfairly penalized
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Financial aid law criticized Cleaned-up former drug users unfairly penalized, critics say By GREG WINTER New York Times Saturday, March 13, 2004 New York -- Given that she had been thrown out of the house by 13 for declaring herself a lesbian, spent her teenage years sleeping on subway trains and
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College Financial Aid Rule Attacked; Groups Want to Alter Ban Against Students Guilty of Drug Offenses
The Washington Post
; A growing number of student, education and civil rights groups are calling on the Department of Education to modify its enforcement of a law that denies college financial aid to students with drug convictions. The department has denied financial aid to more than 21,000 students with felony and
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Profile: Students protesting law that says they may be denied financial aid if they've had a drug conviction
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... they've had a drug conviction Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time: 10:00-11:00 AM ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Bob Edwards is away. I'm Alex Chadwick. Nearly 7,000 students across the country lost federal financial aid this fall for admitting ...
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ACLU Endorses Repeal Of Unfair Financial Aid Denials
Atlanta Inquirer
; ... Administrators-in submitting a letter to Congress urging full repeal of the financial aid provision in the law. Joining the coalition at a news conference on the provision today was Caton Volk, a student who should have graduated this year but lost his financial aid because ...
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