Newsbrief: HEA Resolution on the Move on Campuses 11/22/02

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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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