This law only affects students who are doing well in school, since there are already minimum GPA requirements to receive financial aid. So, if a student is wasting all their time with drugs and not studying or going to class, they're going to lose their aid anyway.
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It's a victory that some students will be able to get back their aid. But there are still some fundamental problems.Tom Angell
Congress has no rational basis to attach financial aid to drug enforcement.
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We basically say the law is unconstitutional because it punishes students twice for the same crime. Taking away access to education is not only illogical, but it is illegal.
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We have been working to repeal this law for the past eight years. We are lobbying Congress, but Congress has not been that responsive to student demands. We will take it to court and get rid of the law that way.
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Many of our nation's leaders ... have admitted to past drug use while in college. They didn't get caught for it, but even if they did get caught, they didn't have to worry about not being able to pay tuition ... they are all from well-to-do families.
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We want the drug conviction question taken off the financial aid application.
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