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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 970

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994

to provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement prevention

programs that meet a high scientific standard of program effectiveness.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 8, 2001

Mr. TIERNEY (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. SANDLIN,

Mr. WU, Mr. FORD, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr.

GREEN of Texas, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr.

CAPUANO, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. JONES of Ohio,

Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr.

OLVER, Mr. SCOTT, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FRANK, Ms.

KILPATRICK, Ms. MCKINNEY, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr.

PAYNE, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. KIND, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. LEE, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. OWENS,

Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. WAXMAN,

Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. STARK, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.

CLEMENT, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. BONIOR, and Ms. SOLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the

Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities

Act of 1994 to provide comprehensive technical assistance and implement prevention programs that meet a

high scientific standard of program effectiveness.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMU2 NITIES.

3 Part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is

5 amended—

6 (1) in section 4004—

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’

8 after the semicolon;

9 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as

10 paragraph (3); and

11 (C) in paragraph (3) as redesignated, by

12 striking ‘‘subpart 2’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart 3’’;

13 and

14 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the

15 following:

16 ‘‘(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such

17 sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 suc18 ceeding fiscal years to carry out subpart 2;’’.

19 (2) by redesignating subparts 2 and 3 as 3 and

20 4, respectively;

21 (3) by redesignating sections 4131 through

22 4134 as sections 4141 through 4144, respectively;

23 (4) by redesignating section 4121 as section

24 4131 and section 4123 as section 4132, respectively;

25 and

26 (5) by inserting after subpart 1 the following:
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1 ‘‘Subpart 2—Effective Prevention Program

2 Implementation

3 ‘‘SEC. 4121. COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION TECHNICAL AS4 SISTANCE GRANTS.

5 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au6 thorized to provide grants to States that meet the require7 ments of this subpart to implement prevention programs

8 that meet a high scientific standard of program effective9 ness.

10 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF STATE PLAN.—To be eligible to

11 receive a grant under this subpart, a State educational

12 agency shall submit an application that includes a State

13 plan that describes—

14 ‘‘(1) the process and selection criteria by which

15 the State educational agency will make competitive

16 grants to eligible local educational agencies;

17 ‘‘(2) how the State educational agency will en18 sure that only high quality, well-defined, and well19 documented comprehensive prevention programs are

20 funded;

21 ‘‘(3) how the State educational agency will dis22 seminate materials developed or collected by the Sec23 retary about research-based, proven-effective com24 prehensive prevention models and will provide tech25 nical assistance to assist local educational agencies
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1 in evaluating, selecting, developing, and imple2 menting comprehensive prevention programs;

3 ‘‘(4) how the State educational agency will

4 evaluate the implementation of comprehensive pre5 vention programs and measure the results achieved

6 in preventing violence, criminal and delinquent be7 havior, substance abuse, and other problem behav8 iors and improving student academic performance;

9 ‘‘(5) how the State educational agency will en10 sure that local programs meet the requirements of

11 section 4124(b);

12 ‘‘(6) provide assurances that funds provided

13 under this subpart shall supplement, not supplant,

14 other Federal, State, and local funds that would oth15 erwise be available for the purposes described under

16 this subpart; and

17 ‘‘(7) such other criteria as the Secretary may

18 reasonably require.

19 ‘‘SEC. 4122. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS.

20 ‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS.—From the funds made avail21 able in section 4004(2) to carry out this subpart for each

22 fiscal year, the Secretary shall—

23 ‘‘(1) reserve funds in accordance with para24 graphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 4011(a); and
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1 ‘‘(2) except as provided in subsection (b), allo2 cate the remainder of funds among the States in ac3 cordance with section 4011(b)(1).

4 ‘‘(b) REALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO STATES.—In a

5 case in which a State educational agency does not develop

6 a plan that meets the requirements of section 4121(b),

7 the Secretary shall not make an allocation to the State

8 under subsection (a)(2) and shall allocate such funds in

9 accordance with section 4011(b)(1) to other States that

10 have developed such plans. Funds allocated to a State

11 under this subsection may be used only to implement pro12 grams under this subpart.

13 ‘‘SEC. 4123. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

14 ‘‘(a) FUNDS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made

16 available under section 4004(2), each State edu17 cational agency that receives an award under this

18 subpart shall use such funds to provide competitive

19 grants to local educational agencies.

20 ‘‘(2) AWARDS.—In awarding competitive grants

21 under this subpart, a State educational agency

22 shall—

23 ‘‘(A) give the highest priority to local edu24 cational agencies with demonstrated need in ac-
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1 cordance with the criteria described in section

2 4113(d)(2)(C)(ii);

3 ‘‘(B) make grant awards that are of suffi4 cient size and scope to support the initial start5 up costs for a comprehensive prevention plan

6 that meets the requirements of this subpart;

7 and

8 ‘‘(C) take into account the equitable dis9 tribution of awards to different geographic re10 gions within the State, including urban and

11 rural areas, and to schools serving elementary

12 and secondary students.

13 ‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—A State educational agency

14 may use not more than 5 percent of the funds made avail15 able to it under this section for administrative, evaluation,

16 and technical assistance expenses, including expenses nec17 essary to inform local educational agencies about research18 based, proven-effective comprehensive prevention ap19 proaches.

20 ‘‘SEC. 4124. LOCAL AWARDS.

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a

22 subgrant under this subpart for any fiscal year, a local

23 educational agency shall submit, at such time as the State

24 educational agency requires, an application to the State

25 educational agency for approval.
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1 ‘‘(b) PLAN.—Each local educational agency shall sub2 mit a plan to the State educational agency to demonstrate

3 how it will meet the requirements of subsection (c).

4 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded to a local

5 educational agency under this subpart shall be used only

6 for the purpose of identifying and implementing com7 prehensive prevention programs that—

8 ‘‘(1) employ strategies or approaches that are

9 based on reliable research and that show effective10 ness in preventing violence, criminal and delinquent

11 behavior, substance abuse, and other problem behav12 iors and improving student academic performance;

13 ‘‘(2) comprehensively address the mental, emo14 tional, social, and physical health of children and

15 adolescents;

16 ‘‘(3) employ developmentally appropriate activi17 ties and interventions;

18 ‘‘(4) assist children and adolescents in improv19 ing cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills;

20 ‘‘(5) use methods that ensure the active engage21 ment of the children and adolescents who participate

22 and that facilitate better communication between

23 children and adults about problem situations;

24 ‘‘(6) provide for the meaningful involvement of

25 parents, educators, health and mental health profes-
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1 sionals, and the local community in planning and

2 implementation;

3 ‘‘(7) provide high-quality and continuous staff

4 professional development and training;

5 ‘‘(8) have measurable outcome goals and a clear

6 evaluation plan, including annual reports to the

7 State and the Secretary;

8 ‘‘(9) use high-quality external technical support

9 and assistance from individuals or entities with expe10 rience and expertise in developing, implementing,

11 and evaluating comprehensive prevention ap12 proaches; and

13 ‘‘(10) identify how other resources (Federal,

14 State, local, and private) available to the State will

15 be used to coordinate services to support and sustain

16 the comprehensive prevention effort.’’.

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