[747] in peace2
Higher Education Act
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paula E Heaney)
Thu May 3 11:49:33 2001
Message-Id: <200105031549.LAA06312@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu>
To: peace-list@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 11:49:23 -0400
From: Paula E Heaney <paulyh@MIT.EDU>
In case you kids don't know about this, read on. Just another piece of
shit coming out of the new administration. Write a letter if you can!
love,
Paula
>To: action@dcaclu.org
>Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 09:32:04 -0400
>Subject: 05-03-01 -- ACLU Action Update: Ensure Equal Access to Education
>From: action@dcaclu.org
>
>TO: ACLU Action Network
>FR: Jared Feuer, Internet Organizer
>DT: May 3, 2001
>
>The Bush Administration recently announced that it would begin to
>enforce a provision of the Higher Education Act that denies financial
>aid to students who decline to answer -- or who answer "yes" -- to a
>question that asks if they have ever been convicted of a drug crime,
>no matter how minor.
>
>For students who can afford college, the enforcement of this measure
>is likely to have little impact, but for students of low or middle
>income, it can mean the end of a college education. In essence, the
>provision does nothing to help disadvantaged students struggling with
>substance abuse problems, but it does block access to education for
>those who are already at risk of being shoved to society's margins.
>
>Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, has introduced legislation that would fix
>this glaring inequity. The legislation is currently in the House of
>Representatives, and it needs your support.
>
>Take Action! You can read more about the legislation and send a FREE
>FAX to your Representative from our action alert at:
>
>http://www.aclu.org/action/hea107.html
>
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