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Newsbrief:
"Smoke
a
Joint,
Lose
Your
Student
Loan"
Bill
Introduced
in
Wisconsin
5/23/03
A Wisconsin legislator is
seeking to emulate the federal Higher Education Act (HEA) anti-drug provision
at the state level. Rep. Robin Kreibich (R-Eau Claire) has introduced
a bill that would bar college students with drug convictions from receiving
state financial aid. Assembly Bill 342, which is modeled on the HEA
anti-drug provision, makes college students convicted of a state or federal
drug offense "ineligible for a state grant, loan, or work assistance for
a period of two years following a conviction" and ineligible for an "indefinite
period" following a second offense—unless he or she submits to drug treatment.
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Robin Kreibich |
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The Wisconsin bill marks
the first time such legislation has been introduced in any state.
Under the anti-drug provisions of the federal HEA, nearly 100,000 college
students have been denied federal financial aid because of drug convictions,
including some 29,000 this academic year. The HEA anti-drug provision
has already sparked a national coalition, including educators, universities,
civil rights and civil liberties organizations, and the rapidly-growing
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (http://www.ssdp.org),
which grew to national prominence in that campaign.
The bill was referred to
the Committee on Colleges and Universities, where a public hearing was
set for Wednesday. No reports on the hearing were available at press
time.
Visit http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/AB-342.pdf
to read the bill online.
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Issue #288, 5/23/03
Editorial: Outrage at Outrages | No Marijuana Possession Law in Ontario, Court Rules -- Cops Vow to Keep Arresting Users Anyway | Hip Hop Nation Set to Rock the Rockefeller Laws -- Mass Protest Set for June 4 if Laws Not Repealed | GOP Effort to Let Drug Czar Propagandize Against Reform Stalled in House Committee | Drug Testing Has No Impact on Student Drug Use, Study Finds | Stop the Murder of Thai Drug Users -- International Day of Action, June 12 | CNN Special Report on "Killing Pablo" | Newsbrief: Rosenthal Loses Motion for New Trial, Sentencing Date Looms | Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana -- Yes in Maryland, No in Connecticut | Newsbrief: "States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act" Reintroduced | Newsbrief: "Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Student Loan" Bill Introduced in Wisconsin | Newsbrief: House Committee Takes Slap at Needle Exchange | Newsbrief: Garcia Marquez Says Legalize Drugs to End Colombian Violence | Newsbrief: Scotland Yard Chief Says Legalize It | Newsbrief: British Government to Issue Guidelines for Heroin Prescriptions, Pilot Programs Coming Soon | Newsbrief: Australian State to Do Medical Marijuana Trials | Newsbrief: "Indian Hemp" Farmers Shoot It Out With Nigerian Narcs | Media Scan: Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Buying Initiatives, CNN on Bad Drug Raid | The Reformer's Calendar
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