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‘‘SEC. 5118. PROGRAMS FOR HAWAIIAN NATIVES.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the funds made
available pursuant to section 5111(a)(3) to carry out this
section, the Secretary shall make grants to or enter into
cooperative agreements or contracts with organizations pri-
marily serving and representing Hawaiian natives which
are recognized by the Governor of the State of Hawaii to
plan, conduct, and administer programs, or portions there-
of, which are authorized by and consistent with the provi-
sions of this title for the benefit of Hawaiian natives.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF ‘HAWAIIAN NATIVE’.—For the
purposes of this section, the term ‘Hawaiian native’ means
any individual any of whose ancestors were natives, prior
to 1778, of the area which now comprises the State of Ha-
waii.
‘‘Subpart 2—National Programs
‘‘SEC. 5121. FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—From funds made
available to carry out this subpart under section 5103, the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, the Director of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy, Chair of the Ounce of Prevention
Council, and the Attorney General, shall carry out pro-
grams to prevent the illegal use of drugs and violence
among, and promote safety and discipline for, students at
all educational levels, prekindergarten through postsecond-
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ary. The Secretary shall carry out such programs directly,
or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with
public and private nonprofit organizations and individ-
uals, or through agreements with other Federal agencies,
and shall coordinate such programs with other appropriate
Federal activities. Such programs may include—
‘‘(1) the development and demonstration of inno-
vative strategies for training school personnel, par-
ents, and members of the community, including the
demonstration of model preservice training programs
for prospective school personnel;
‘‘(2) demonstrations and rigorous evaluations of
innovative approaches to drug and violence preven-
tion;
‘‘(3) drug and violence prevention research that
is coordinated with other Federal agencies and is di-
rected toward improving programs and activities
under this part;
‘‘(4) program evaluations in accordance with
section 10701 that address issues not addressed under
section 5117(a);
‘‘(5) direct services to schools and school systems
afflicted with especially severe drug and violence
problems;
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‘‘(6) activities in communities designated as
empowerment zones or enterprise communities that
will connect schools to community-wide efforts to re-
duce drug and violence problems;
‘‘(7) the development of education and training
programs, curricula, instructional materials, and
professional training and development for preventing
and reducing the incidence of crimes and conflicts
motivated by hate in localities most directly affected
by hate crimes;
‘‘(8) developing and disseminating drug and vio-
lence prevention materials, including model curricula;
and
‘‘(9) other activities that meet unmet national
needs related to the purposes of this part.
‘‘(b) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall use a peer
review process in reviewing applications for funds under
this section.
‘‘SEC. 5122. GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available to
carry out this subpart under section 5103, the Secretary
is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts
with, institutions of higher education, or consortia of such
institutions, for drug and violence prevention programs
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under this section. Awards under this section shall support
the development, implementation, validation, and dissemi-
nation of model programs and strategies to promote the
safety of students attending institutions of higher education
by preventing violent behavior and the illegal use of alcohol
and other drugs by such students.
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—An institution of higher edu-
cation, or consortium of such institutions, that desires to
receive an award under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may reason-
ably require. The Secretary shall use a peer review process
for reviewing applications for funds under this section.
‘‘(c) EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall
make every reasonable effort to ensure the equitable partici-
pation in the activities assisted under this section of private
and public institutions of higher education (including com-
munity and junior colleges), institutions of limited enroll-
ment, and institutions in different geographic regions.
‘‘Subpart 3—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 5131. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For the purposes of this part, the following terms have
the following meanings:
‘‘(1) The term ‘drug and violence prevention’
means—
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‘‘(A) with respect to drugs, prevention, early
intervention, rehabilitation referral, or education
related to the illegal use of alcohol and the use
of controlled, illegal, addictive, or harmful sub-
stances, 
including 
inhalants 
and 
anabolic
steroids;
‘‘(B) prevention, early intervention, smok-
ing cessation activities, or education, related to
the use of tobacco; and
‘‘(C) with respect to violence, the promotion
of school safety, such that students and school
personnel are free from violent and disruptive
acts, including sexual harassment and abuse,
and victimization associated with prejudice and
intolerance, on school premises, going to and
from school, and at school-sponsored activities,
through the creation and maintenance of a school
environment that is free of weapons and fosters
individual responsibility and respect for the
rights of others.
‘‘(2) The term ‘hate crime’ means a crime as de-
scribed in section 1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics
Act of 1990.
‘‘(3) The term ‘nonprofit’, as applied to a school,
agency, organization, or institution means a school,
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agency, organization, or institution owned and oper-
ated by one or more nonprofit corporations or asso-
ciations, no part of the net earnings of which inures,
or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private
shareholder or individual.
‘‘(4) The term ‘school-aged population’ means the
population aged five through 17, as determined by the
Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory
data available from the Department of Commerce.
‘‘(5) The term ‘school personnel’ includes teach-
ers, administrators, guidance counselors, social work-
ers, psychologists, nurses, librarians, and other sup-
port staff who are employed by a school or who per-
form services for the school on a contractual basis.
‘‘SEC. 5132. MATERIALS.
‘‘(a) ‘WRONG AND HARMFUL’ MESSAGE.—Drug pre-
vention programs supported under this part shall convey
a clear and consistent message that the illegal use of alcohol
and other drugs is wrong and harmful.
‘‘(b) CURRICULUM.—The Secretary shall not prescribe
the use of specific curricula for programs supported under
this part, but may evaluate the effectiveness of such curric-
ula and other strategies in drug and violence prevention.
‘‘SEC. 5133. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘No funds under this part may be used for—
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‘‘(1) construction (except for minor remodeling
needed to accomplish the purposes of this part); and
‘‘(2) medical services, except for pupil services or
referral to treatment for students who are victims of
or witnesses to crime or who use alcohol, tobacco, or
other drugs.
‘‘PART B—ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL
DROPOUT PROBLEMS
‘‘SEC. 5201. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘School Dropout Assist-
ance Act’.
‘‘SEC. 5202. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this part is to reduce the number of
children who do not complete their elementary and second-
ary education by providing grants to local educational
agencies to establish—
‘‘(1) effective programs to identify potential stu-
dent dropouts, including pregnant and parenting
teenagers, and prevent such students from dropping
out of school;
‘‘(2) effective programs to identify and encourage
children who have already dropped out to reenter
school and complete their elementary and secondary
education;
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‘‘(3) effective early intervention programs de-
signed to identify at-risk students in elementary and
secondary schools; and
‘‘(4) model systems for collecting and reporting
information to local school officials on the number,
ages, sex, race or ethnicity, and grade levels of the
children not completing their elementary and second-
ary education and the reasons why such children have
dropped out of school.
‘‘SEC. 5203. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENT TO CATEGORIES OF LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.—From the amount appropriated
under section 5208 for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall
first reserve not more than $2,000,000 for the purposes of
evaluating programs carried out with assistance under this
part in accordance with section 10701. From the remaining
amount, the Secretary shall allot the following percentages
to each of the following categories of local educational agen-
cies:
‘‘(1) Local educational agencies administering
schools with a total enrollment of 100,000 or more ele-
mentary and secondary school students shall be allot-
ted 25 percent of such remaining amount.
‘‘(2) Local educational agencies administering
schools with a total enrollment of at least 20,000 but
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less than 100,000 elementary and secondary school
students shall be allotted 40 percent of such remain-
ing amount.
‘‘(3) Local educational agencies administering
schools with a total enrollment of less than 20,000 ele-
mentary and secondary school students shall be allot-
ted 30 percent of such remaining amount. Grants
may be made under this paragraph to educational
service agencies and consortia of not more than 5
local educational agencies in any case in which the
total enrollment of the largest such local educational
agency is less than 20,000 elementary and secondary
students. Such agencies and consortia may also apply
in conjunction with the State educational agency. Not
less than 20 percent of funds available under this
paragraph shall be awarded to local educational
agencies administering schools with a total enrollment
of less than 2,000 elementary and secondary school
students.
‘‘(4) Community-based organizations shall be al-
lotted 5 percent of such remaining amount. Grants
under this category shall be made after consultation
between the community-based organization and the
local educational agency that is to benefit from such
a grant.
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‘‘(b) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall give spe-
cial consideration to awarding funds available for
each category described in paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) of subsection (a) to local educational agencies par-
ticipating in an educational partnership.
‘‘(2) 
EDUCATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS.—Edu-
cational partnerships under this subsection shall in-
clude—
‘‘(A) a local educational agency; and
‘‘(B) a business concern or business organi-
zation, community-based organization, nonprofit
private organization, institution of higher edu-
cation, State educational agency, State or local
public agency, private industry council (estab-
lished under the Job Training Partnership Act),
museum, library, or educational television or
broadcasting station.
‘‘(c) AWARD OF GRANT.—From the amount allotted for
any fiscal year to a category of local educational agencies
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall award as many
grants as practicable within each such category to local edu-
cational agencies and educational partnerships whose ap-
plications have been approved by the Secretary for such fis-
cal year under section 5204 and whose applications propose
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a program of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effec-
tive. Any local educational agency, educational partner-
ship, or community-based organization that has received a
grant under this part shall be eligible for additional funds
subject to the requirements under this part. The grants shall
be made under such terms and conditions as the Secretary
shall prescribe consistent with the provisions of this part.
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS WHEN NOT FULLY ALLOTTED TO
CATEGORIES UNDER SUBSECTION (a).—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the Secretary de-
termines that the full amount of the sums allotted
under any category set forth under subsection (a) will
not be required for applications of the local edu-
cational agencies in the case of categories described in
paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall make the amount not so required avail-
able to another category under subsection (a). In car-
rying out the provisions of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall assure that the transfer of amounts from
one category to another is made to a category in
which there is the greatest need for funds.
‘‘(2) PEER REVIEW.—In order to transfer funds
under this subsection, the Secretary shall use a peer
review process to determine that such excess funds are
not needed to fund projects in particular categories
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and shall prepare a list of the categories in which
funds were not fully expended and the reasons there-
for, and make such list available to local educational
agencies and educational partnerships, upon request.
The Secretary may use the peer review process to de-
termine grant recipients of funds transferred in ac-
cordance with this subsection.
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a
grant under this part may not exceed—
‘‘(A) 90 percent of the total cost of a project
for the first year for which the project receives
assistance under this part; and
‘‘(B) 75 percent of such cost in each such
succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) REMAINING COSTS.—The remaining cost of
a project that receives assistance under this part may
be paid from any source other than funds made avail-
able under this part, except that not more than 10
percent of the remaining cost in any fiscal year may
be provided from Federal sources other than this part.
‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The share of pay-
ments from sources other than funds made available
under this part may be in cash or in kind fairly eval-
uated, including plant, equipment or services.