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Newsbrief:
HEA
Resolution
on
the
Move
on
Campuses
11/22/02
The new academic year has
brought a renewed round of efforts to get more colleges and universities
to sign on to the effort to repeal the Higher Education Act's (HEA) anti-drug
provision. Under that provision, championed by Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN),
students convicted of any drug offense stand to lose access to student
loans and other federally-funded financial aid. So far more than
86,000 students have lost federal aid since the law was passed in 1998.
Student governments adopting
resolutions calling for repeal of the provision now number approximately
100. Two recent schools to pass the resolution were the University
of Rhode Island on October 30 and the State University of New York-Broome
campus at Binghamton on November 19.
Members of Students for Sensible
Drug Policy (http://www.ssdp.org), the
rapidly growing student reform group with chapters now on more than 200
campuses, have spearheaded the effort nationwide and played key roles in
getting resolutions passed at Rhode Island and SUNY-Broome.
While college campuses are
generally favorable toward repeal of the HEA drug provision, some campuses
are more favorable than others, as University of Florida SSDP member Heath
Wintz found out this week. With conservatives dominating the student
government, UF SSDP opted this week to postpone a vote on the resolution
while they gather documentation on other schools votes to support their
case.
Visit http://www.raiseyourvoice.com
to download an activist packet or learn more about the issue and campaign.
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Issue #264, 11/22/02
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