The Choice Channel

“Some of the nation’s worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress. little-noticed provision of a broader higher education bill makes such offenders ineligible for Pell Grants, the nation’s premier financial aid program for low-income students, starting July 1, 2009. Both the Senate and the House approved the bill late last week and President Bush is expected to sign it into law.” (08/04/08)