University Policies Governing Student Life


SUSPENSION OF FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES

  1. IN GENERAL. A student who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law involving the possession or sale of a controlled substance for conduct that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the student was receiving any grant, loan, or work assistance under this title shall not be eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work assistance under this title from the date of that conviction for the period of time specified in the following table:

    If convicted of an offense involving:

    The possession of a controlled substance:

    Ineligibility period is

    First offense 1 year
    Second offense 2 years
    Third offense Indefinite

    The sale of a controlled substance:

    Ineligibility period is

    First offense 2 years
    Second offense Indefinite

  2. REHABILITATION. A student whose eligibility has been suspended under paragraph (1) may resume eligibility before the end of the ineligibility period determined under such paragraph if

    1. the student satisfactorily completes a drug rehabilitation program that
      1. complies with such criteria as the Secretary (Department of Education) shall prescribe in regulations for
        purposes of this paragraph; and
      2. includes two unannounced drug tests;
    2. the student successfully passes two unannounced drug tests conducted by a drug rehabilitation program that complies with such criteria as the Secretary shall prescribe in regulations for purposes of subparagraph a) i; or
    3. the conviction is reversed, set aside, or otherwise rendered nugatory.

  3. DEFINITIONS. In this subsection, the term “controlled substance” has the meaning given the term in section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.802(6)).