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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6324 

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

of vaping and misusing opioids, synthetic drugs, and related substances. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2021 

Mr. VELA 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 the dangers of vaping and misusing 

opioids, synthetic drugs, and related substances. 

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 2021’’. 

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 that 

8 focuses on opioids, vaping, synthetic drugs, and 

9 other related substances of misuse. 

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

11 paragraph are the following: 

12 (A) The Assistant Secretary of the Sub13 stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad14 ministration. 

15 (B) The Director of the Centers for Dis16 ease Control and Prevention. 

17 (C) The Assistant Secretary of the Admin18 istration for Children and Families. 

19 (D) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs. 

20 (E) The Director of the National Institute 

21 on Drug Abuse or a designee of the Director 

22 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. 

23 (F) The Director of the National Institute 

24 on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism or a designee 


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1 of the Director from the National Institute on 

2 Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 

3 (G) The Administrator of the Office of Ju4 venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of 

5 the Department of Justice or a designee of the 

6 Administrator from the Office of Juvenile Jus7 tice and Delinquency Prevention. 

8 (H) The Director of the Office of National 

9 Drug Control Policy. 

10 (3) ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION.—The Sec11 retary of Education may also consult with State 

12 educational agencies, local educational agencies, and 

13 single State agencies during the development of the 

14 evidence-based curriculum under paragraph (1). 

15 (4) REVIEW AND UPDATE.—The Secretary of 

16 Education, in consultation with the partners de17 scribed in paragraph (2), shall review and update 

18 the evidence-based curriculum developed under para19 graph (1) every 2 years. 

20 (b) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.— 

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

22 year following the completion of the development of 

23 the evidence-based curriculum under subsection 

24 (a)(1), the Secretary of Education, in consultation 

25 with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 


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1 Substance Use, shall award grants, on a competitive 

2 basis, to State educational agencies to enable the 

3 State educational agencies to implement the evi4 dence-based curriculum. The Secretary of Education 

5 shall award not less than 10 grants during each 

6 grant cycle. 

7 (2) APPLICATION.—A State educational agency 

8 that desires to receive a grant under this subsection 

9 shall submit an application to the Secretary of Edu10 cation at such time, in such manner, and accom11 panied by such information as the Secretary may re12 quire. 

13 (3) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 

14 this subsection, the Secretary of Education shall give 

15 preference to States that have experienced the high16 est drug overdose death rates. 

17 (4) SUBCONTRACT.—A State educational agen18 cy that receives a grant under this subsection may 

19 subcontract with community coalitions that are cur20 rently, as of the date of application, a recipient of 

21 a grant under section 1032 of the Anti-Drug Abuse 

22 Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532), to implement the evi23 dence-based curriculum, as needed. 

24 (5) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each State educational 

25 agency that receives a grant under this subsection 


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1 shall provide an annual report to the Secretary of 

2 Education and the Assistant Secretary for Mental 

3 Health and Substance Use on the State educational 

4 agency’s curriculum implementation progress and 

5 program reach, in order to monitor the quality of 

6 implementation of the evidence-based curriculum. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence9 based’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

10 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

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

12 (2) SINGLE STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘single 

13 State agency’’ means the State agency responsible 

14 for administering the substance abuse prevention 

15 and treatment block grant under subpart II of part 

16 B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.). 

18 (3) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

20 the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec21 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

22 (d) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro23 priated to carry out this section such sums as may be nec24 essary for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2031. 

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