Drug Policy Alliance: Statement on Congress Eliminating Barriers for People With Criminal Convictions From Accessing Federal Student Aid
December 22, 2020
December 22, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement on Dec. 21:
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Today, in response to Congress including language in the year-end omnibus and Coronavirus relief package that would reinstate Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated people and eliminate the Aid Elimination Penalty, which denied federal student aid to people convicted of a drug law violation while receiving such aid in the past--Grant Smith, Deputy Director of the Office of Na . . .
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Today, in response to Congress including language in the year-end omnibus and Coronavirus relief package that would reinstate Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated people and eliminate the Aid Elimination Penalty, which denied federal student aid to people convicted of a drug law violation while receiving such aid in the past--Grant Smith, Deputy Director of the Office of Na . . .