Drug Law Violations
Students convicted of possession or sale of drugs, a federal or state drug conviction can disqualify a student from receiving financial aid. Convictions only count if they were for an offense that occurred during a period of enrollment for which the student was receiving Title IV aid; they do not count if the offense was not during such a period. Also, a conviction that was reserved, set aside, or removed from the student's record does not count, nor does one received when they were a juvenile, unless they were tried as an adult. The chart below illustrates the period of ineligibility for financial aid, depending on whether the conviction was for sale or possession and whether the student previous offenses. (A conviction for sale of drugs includes convictions for conspiring to sell drugs.)