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Columbia,
Missouri
Initiative
Would
Lessen
Impact
of
Higher
Education
Act
Drug
Provision
1/15/00
A provision of the Higher
Education Act of 1998, which will go into effect in July of 2000, will
deny eligibility for federal education loans, grants or work-study to anyone
convicted in state or federal courts of the possession or sale of any illegal
substance. Students and other concerned citizens in the college town Columbia,
Missouri, home of the oldest and largest campus of the University of Missouri
system, have undertaken an effort to place before voters, through the initiative
process, an ordinance which would reduce the impact of the new law.
The proposal would require
that most misdemeanor marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia cases be handled
in the Municipal Court. Since the law specifies that only convictions in
state or federal courts will disqualify a person for federal education
aid, cases which are referred to the municipal court should have no impact
on eligibility.
An added incentive for the
passage of the ordinance is that students would avoid a permanent criminal
record, as conviction in municipal court is a non-criminal violation of
a city ordinance.
For more information about
the Columbia initiative, or to find out how you can help get it passed,
contact attorney Dan Viets at (573) 433-6866.
RAISE YOUR VOICE! Visit
http://www.raiseyourvoice.com
to learn more about the Higher Education Act drug provision and sign our
petition to Congress.
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Issue #121, 1/15/00
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