The Souder amendment to the Higher Education Act prevents students with past drug convictions from getting federal financial aid to uplift themselves through education. You can read more about at the Coalition for HEA Reform.
At Yale, we got the administration to guarantee that the school would make up the difference in financial aid. While the Souder amendment must still be repealed so that students at all schools are not discriminated against, this is an important victory for common sense and education, pushing the institutional weight of Yale behind sensible drug policy.
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