November 3, 2000

Drug Convictions Cost Almost 7,000 Students Eligibility for Aid

By JENNIFER YACHNIN

Almost 7,000 of the nine million students who applied for federal aid for this fall are ineligible for some or all of the financial support because of recent convictions for drug-related offenses, according to the Education Department.

Aides to Rep. Mark E. Souder, Republican of Indiana, who drafted the legislation barring aid to students with drug convictions, said he was surprised that the number was so low. But Education Department officials said the statistics matched their

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