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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7763 

To direct the Secretary of Education to develop and disseminate an evidencebased curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12 on substance use 

disorders. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2020 

Mr. VELA (for himself and Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Education to develop and disseminate an evidence-based curriculum for kindergarten 

through grade 12 on substance use disorders. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving America’s Fu5 ture by Educating Kids Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM ON SUBSTANCE 

7 USE DISORDERS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF

2 CURRICULUM.—The Secretary of Education, in con3 sultation with the partners described in paragraph 

4 (2), shall develop and disseminate an evidence-based 

5 curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12 on 

6 educating students at an age-appropriate level on 

7 the dangers and harmful impacts of substances 

8 that— 

9 (A) focuses on opioid and other substances 

10 misuse and abuse; and 

11 (B) includes vaping, e-cigarettes, tobacco, 

12 and other substances. 

13 (2) PARTNERS.—The partners described in this 

14 paragraph are the following: 

15 (A) The Assistant Secretary of the Sub16 stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad17 ministration. 

18 (B) The Director of the Centers for Dis19 ease Control and Prevention. 

20 (C) The Assistant Secretary of the Admin21 istration for Children and Families. 

22 (D) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs. 

23 (E) The Director of the National Institute 

24 on Drug Abuse or a designee of the Director 

25 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. 


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1 (F) The Director of the National Institute 

2 on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism or a designee 

3 of the Director from the National Institute on 

4 Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 

5 (G) The Administrator of the Office of Ju6 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of 

7 the Department of Justice or a designee of the 

8 Administrator from the Office of Juvenile Jus9 tice and Delinquency Prevention. 

10 (3) REVIEW AND UPDATE.—The Secretary of 

11 Education, in consultation with the partners de12 scribed in paragraph (2), shall review and update 

13 the evidence-based curriculum developed under para14 graph (1) every 2 years. 

15 (b) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning the first fiscal 

17 year following the completion of the development of 

18 the evidence-based curriculum under subsection 

19 (a)(1), the Secretary of Education shall award 

20 grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational 

21 agencies to enable the State educational agencies to 

22 implement the evidence-based curriculum. The Sec23 retary of Education shall award not less than 10 

24 grants during each grant cycle. 


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1 (2) APPLICATION.—A State educational agency 

2 that desires to receive a grant under this subsection 

3 shall submit an application to the Secretary of Edu4 cation at such time, in such manner, and accom5 panied by such information as the Secretary may re6 quire. 

7 (3) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 

8 this subsection, the Secretary of Education shall give 

9 preference to States that have experienced the high10 est drug overdose death rate per capita. 

11 (4) SUBCONTRACT.—A State educational agen12 cy that receives a grant under this subsection may 

13 subcontract with community coalitions, that are or 

14 have been a recipient of a grant under section 1032 

15 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 

16 1532), to implement the evidence-based curriculum, 

17 as needed. 

18 (5) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each State educational 

19 agency that receives a grant under this subsection 

20 shall provide an annual report to the Secretary of 

21 Education on measures set by the Secretary to mon22 itor the quality of implementation of the evidence23 based curriculum. 

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence2 based’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

4 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

5 (2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

6 ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

7 the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec8 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

9 (d) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro10 priated to carry out this section such sums as may be nec11 essary for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2030. 

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