Congressman from California, Mr. George Miller , a Democrat, has introduced 181-page Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 to House of Representatives. The bill proposes several major revisions to student loan system. One of them is to allow access to federal student loans for collage students even if they were ever convicted for being drug offenders.

In 1998 an student who got convicted for drug-possession were denied access to all type of federal funded student aid programs including federal student loans. In order to be eligible for a student loan, such student had to complete rehab programs and pass two un announced drug tests. Student who got convicted for selling drugs have different rules. They are doomed forever. no loans for them.

More than 200 thousand students have been denied financial aid since this amendment in 1998, according to figures from the Department of Justice. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that giving aid to students convicted of drug possession would cost an extra $2.4 million per year.

Setting aside such a bill will benefit most students who got involved accidently in drugs. If it passes both houses, the bill will become law after president Obama signs it. let’s hope for the best.

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