The Legislature has eliminated funding for the academies, and only one remains open. President Gery Chico was the impetus for the plan to cut and reorganize central office staff. The paper conducted a study on the effectiveness of the law, and found it comes up short. According to the paper's study, almost half of the referrals were dropped because the threats turned out to be innocuous. The majority of the remaining cases ended up with a lowering of the charges - from felony to lesser misdemeanor charges.
Prosecutors counter that it's routine for many cases to be dropped.
Repeat offenders would be permanently ineligible. In order to have their eligibility reinstated students must participate in a federally approved drug-rehabilitation program. We should not be using the financial-aid system to enforce social behaviors. The 2000 U.S. Census report marks a slight decline from 1990 the number of households comprised of married couples with children. Fewer than one-fourth of U.S. households are made up of married couples with children under age 18.