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help! cant afford to go to school because of felony posession of marajuana!

An dear friend of mine has a strong desier to become more educated, but he has a recent felony-conviction for posession of marajuana for which he will be doing 4 months of electric home monitering and as a part of his sentence the judge said that he is not to receive federal assistance for any reason. Is there a way to beat this?


Asked on 10/22/03, 1:25 am

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Jeffrey A. Lustick, Esq The Lustick Law Firm

Re: help! cant afford to go to school because of felony posession of marajuana!

Your friend�s inability to get federal financial aid for college wasn�t part of the sentence because the court had no control over that program. Back in 1998, a provision was added to the Higher Education Act by Congress that delays or in some cases, totally denies federal financial aid to any individual convicted of a state or federal drug offense. This includes grants, student loans, or work assistance. The provision went into effect during the 2000-2001 school year. There is no way around this rule, except maybe to apply for private scholarships.

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Answered on 10/22/03, 11:02 am


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