At the time, I thought that line was a bit of an exaggeration, some purple prose from a director trying too hard to make a point. Now I'm beginning to wonder whether the line went far enough. But get caught lighting up a joint during a rock concert and you can kiss that tuition help goodbye for a year or more, depending on the severity of the offense. He's the Indiana Republican who authored the anti-drug measure as a 1998 amendment to the Higher Education Act. If you want taxpayer funds, accountability goes with it.
Some states do it with driver's licenses.
The federal government does it with public housing. I wanted to do it with student loans. Now Souder is deeply troubled by the unintended consequences of his idea. He intended only to penalize students for drug violations committed while they were students, not for their prior offenses. I believe in forgiveness.