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and secondary school teachers in preparing all stu-
dents to achieve State academic content standards. 
‘‘(2) Awarding grants to or entering into con-
tracts or cooperative agreements with a local public 
telecommunications entity to develop, produce, and 
distribute educational and instructional video pro-
gramming which is designed for use by elementary 
and secondary school students, created for or adapt-
able to State academic content standards, and capable 
of distribution through digital broadcasting and 
school digital networks. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any telecommunications en-
tity or partnership of such entities desiring a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
NATIONAL 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS-BASED
PROGRAM.—Each ap-
plication for a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall— 
‘‘(A) demonstrate that the applicant will 
use the existing publicly funded telecommuni-
cations infrastructure, the Internet, and school 
digital networks (where available) to deliver 
video, voice, and data in an integrated service to 
train teachers in the use of materials and learn-
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ing technologies for achieving State academic 
content standards; 
‘‘(B) assure that the program for which as-
sistance is sought will be conducted in coopera-
tion with States as appropriate, local edu-
cational agencies, and State or local nonprofit 
public telecommunications entities; 
‘‘(C) assure that a significant portion of the 
benefits available for elementary and secondary 
schools from the program for which assistance is 
sought will be available to schools of local edu-
cational agencies which have a high percentage 
of children counted for the purpose of part A of 
title I; and 
‘‘(D) contain such additional assurances as 
the Secretary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS; NUMBER OF DEM-
ONSTRATION SITES.—In approving applications under this 
section, the Secretary shall assure that— 
‘‘(1) the national telecommunications-based pro-
gram under subsection (a)(1) is conducted at elemen-
tary and secondary school sites in at least 15 States; 
and 
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‘‘(2) grants under subsection (a)(2) are awarded 
on a competitive basis and for a period of 3 years to 
entities which— 
‘‘(A) enter into multiyear collaborative ar-
rangements for content development with State 
educational agencies, local educational agencies, 
institutions of higher education, businesses, or 
other agencies and organizations, and 
‘‘(B) contribute non-Federal matching funds 
(including funds provided for transitions to dig-
ital broadcasting as well as in-kind contribu-
tions) to the activities assisted with the grant in 
an amount not less than 100 percent of the 
amount of the grant. 
‘‘PART C—CHARACTER EDUCATION 
‘‘SEC. 5301. CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to State educational agencies, local educational 
agencies, or consortia of such agencies for the design 
and implementation of character education programs 
that— 
‘‘(A) can be integrated into State academic 
content standards for the core academic subjects; 
and 
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‘‘(B) can be carried out in conjunction with 
other educational reform efforts. 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—Each grant under this section 
shall be made for a period not to exceed 5 years, of 
which the grant recipient may not use more than 1 
year for planning and program design. 
‘‘(b) CONTRACTS UNDER PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—Each agency or consortium 
receiving assistance under this section may contract 
with outside sources, including institutions of higher 
education and private and nonprofit organizations 
(including religious organizations), for the purposes 
of— 
‘‘(A) evaluating the program for which the 
assistance is made available; 
‘‘(B) measuring the integration of such pro-
gram into the curriculum and teaching methods 
of schools where the program is carried out; and 
‘‘(C) measuring the success of such program 
in fostering the elements of character selected by 
the recipient under subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(2) 
MATERIALS
AND
PROGRAM
DEVELOP-
MENT.—Each agency or consortium receiving assist-
ance under this section may contract with outside 
sources, including institutions of higher education 
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and private and nonprofit organizations (including 
religious organizations), for assistance in— 
‘‘(A) developing secular curricula, mate-
rials, teacher training, and other activities re-
lated to character education; and 
‘‘(B) integrating secular character edu-
cation into the curriculum and teaching methods 
of schools where the program is carried out. 
‘‘(c) ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER.— 
‘‘(1) SELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each agency or consor-
tium receiving assistance under this section may 
select the elements of character that will be 
taught under the program for which the assist-
ance is made available. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION OF VIEWS.—In select-
ing elements of character under paragraph (1), 
the agency or consortium shall consider the views 
of the parents or guardians of the students to be 
taught under the program. 
‘‘(2) EXAMPLE
ELEMENTS.—Elements of char-
acter selected under this subsection may include any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) Trustworthiness. 
‘‘(B) Respect. 
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‘‘(C) Responsibility. 
‘‘(D) Fairness. 
‘‘(E) Caring. 
‘‘(F) Citizenship. 
‘‘(G) Giving. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each agency or consortium 
seeking assistance under this section shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED
INFORMATION.—Each applica-
tion for assistance under this section shall include in-
formation that— 
‘‘(A) demonstrates that the program for 
which the assistance is sought has clear goals 
and objectives that are based on scientifically 
based research; 
‘‘(B) describes the activities that will be car-
ried out with the assistance and how such activi-
ties will meet the goals and objectives described 
in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(C) describes how the program for which 
the assistance is sought will be linked to other ef-
forts to improve educational achievement, includ-
ing— 
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‘‘(i) broader educational reforms that 
are being instituted by the applicant or its 
partners; and 
‘‘(ii) applicable State academic content 
standards for student achievement. 
‘‘(e) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PEER REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In selecting agencies or 
consortia to receive assistance under this section 
from among the applicants for such assistance, 
the Secretary shall use a peer review process that 
includes the participation of experts in the field 
of character education. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may 
use funds appropriated under this section for the 
cost of carrying out peer reviews under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(2) 
SELECTION
CRITERIA.—Each 
selection 
under paragraph (1) shall be made on the basis of the 
quality of the application submitted, taking into con-
sideration such factors as— 
‘‘(A) the extent of parental, student, and 
community involvement in the program; and 
‘‘(B) the likelihood that the goals of the pro-
gram will be realistically achieved. 
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‘‘(3) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In making se-
lections under this subsection, the Secretary shall en-
sure, to the extent practicable under paragraph (2), 
that the programs assisted under this section are eq-
uitably distributed among the geographic regions of 
the United States, and among urban, suburban, and 
rural areas. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
assistance under this section, the Secretary shall re-
quire each agency or consortium receiving such assist-
ance to transmit to the Secretary, not later than 5 
years after such receipt, a report containing an eval-
uation of each program assisted. 
‘‘(2) ATTAINMENT OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.— 
In conducting an evaluation referred to in paragraph 
(1), each agency or consortium shall evaluate the de-
gree to which each program for which assistance was 
made available attained the goals and objectives for 
the program as described in the application for assist-
ance submitted under subsection (d). 
‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) make each evaluation received under 
this subsection publicly available; and 
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‘‘(B) provide public notice (through such 
means as the Internet, the media, and public 
agencies) of the availability of each such evalua-
tion after it is received by the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) MATCHING FUNDS.—As a condition of receiving 
assistance under this section, the Secretary may require 
that each agency or consortium receiving such assistance 
provide matching funds from non-Federal sources. 
‘‘SEC. 5302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2003 through 
2006.’’. 
‘‘PART D—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS 
‘‘SEC. 5401. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL COUN-
SELING PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Surgeon General reported in January 
2001 that 1 in 10 children suffer from mental ill-
nesses severe enough to impair development and fewer 
than 1 in 5 children get treatment for mental ill-
nesses. 
‘‘(2) The Surgeon General reported that the bur-
den of suffering by children with mental health needs 
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and their families has created a health crisis in this 
country. Growing numbers of children are suffering 
needlessly because their emotional, behavioral, and de-
velopmental needs are not being met by the very insti-
tutions and systems that were created to take care of 
them. 
‘‘(3) As a result of the concern about the failure 
of the healthcare system to reach children and adoles-
cents with mental illnesses, there is currently great 
interest in developing new models for the delivery of 
mental health and counseling services that can reach 
underserved groups efficiently. 
‘‘(4) Schools are a sensible point of intervention 
because of their central position in many children’s 
lives and development, especially when families are 
unable to assume a leading role. 
‘‘(5) School-based mental health and counseling 
services allow for the identification of children in 
need of treatment much earlier in their development. 
‘‘(6) Establishing mental health and counseling 
services in schools provides access to underserved 
youth with or at risk of emotional or behavioral prob-
lems. 
‘‘(7) The Surgeon General’s 2000 report on youth 
violence concludes that effective treatment can divert 
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a significant proportion of delinquent and violent 
youths from future violence and crime. 
‘‘(8) Mental health and counseling services can 
play an important role in violence prevention on all 
levels, including preventing problem behaviors from 
developing; identifying and serving specific, at-risk 
populations; and reducing the deleterious effects of vi-
olence on victims and witnesses. 
‘‘(9) An evaluation of the model program for the 
elementary school counseling demonstration program 
established pursuant to this section prior to the date 
of enactment of the Elementary and Secondary Coun-
seling Improvement Act of 2001 found that the num-
ber of referrals to the principal’s office decreased by 
nearly half, the use of force, weapons, and threatening 
of others also decreased, school suspensions were re-
duced, and students felt safer. 
‘‘(10) The report produced by the Institute of 
Medicine, ‘Schools and Health: Our Nation’s Invest-
ment’, recommended a student-to-school counselor 
ratio of 250:1, student-to-school psychologist ratio of 
1000:1, and a student-to-school social worker ratio of 
800:1. The United States average student-to-counselor 
ratio is 551:1. Ratios for school psychologists and 
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