Students lament loss in education act

Politico reports:

Although they are pleased with the provisions that made it into the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, they are disappointed with those that did not. Chief among their frustrations: The final package did not include an amendment, offered by Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), that would have made student loans, like many other forms of debt, dischargeable in bankruptcy, and it did not repeal a provision of the 1998 Higher Education Act that strips students of their federal aid if they are convicted of any drug offense.