How Does a Drug Conviction Affect the HOPE Scholarship?

DRUG-FREE ACT

A student is ineligible if, in accordance with the Drug-Free Postsecondary
Education Act of 1990, he or she has been convicted for committing certain
felony offenses involving marijuana, controlled substances, or dangerous
drugs. A student is ineligible to receive a HOPE Scholarship from the date
of conviction to the completion of the next academic term. Institutions are
not required to obtain criminal justice records of HOPE applicants.

All 77 pages of the current HOPE regs can be found (in .pdf form) at:
http://www.gsfc.org/main/publishing/pdf/2003HOPE.pdf