Students for Sensible Drug Policy V. Spellings

March 22, 2006 Students for Sensible Drug Policy V. Spellings This class action suit was filed in United States District Court in the District of South Dakota, Northern Division. It challenges the legality of the Higher Education Act (HEA) Aid Elimination Provision passed in 2000 that requires the Department of Education to deny federal student aid to drug offenders. Currently, students are barred from receiving federal financial aid to pay for higher education expenses solely because they were convicted of a drug offense. While any non-drug offender, from a murderer to a shoplifter, can receive financial aid, an individual . . .