DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND REPLICATION OF SUCCESSFUL DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 1504. DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION AND REPLICATION OF SUCCESSFUL DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAMS. Section 5122 of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 3192) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “50 percent” and inserting “42.5 percent”; (2) in paragraph (1) of subsection (b), by striking “50 percent” and inserting “42.5 percent”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(c) Drug Abuse Resistance Education Programs.— (1) Not less than 10 percent of the funds available for each fiscal year under section 5121(a) to the chief executive officer of a State shall be used for grants to local educational agencies in consortium with entities which have experience in assisting school districts to provide instruction to students grades kindergarten through 6 to recognize and resist pressures that influence such students to use controlled substances, as defined in Schedules I and II of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act the possession or distribution of which is unlawful under such Act, or beverage alcohol, such as Project Drug104 STAT. 4838 Abuse Resistance Education, that meet the requirements of paragraph (2). “(2) A local educational agency in consortium with an entity shall not be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1) unless such local educational agency in consortium with an entity will use assistance provided under such grant to provide or arrange for the provisions of services that shall include— “(A) drug abuse resistance education instruction for students grades kindergarten through 6 that is designed to teach students to recognize and resist pressures to experiment that influence such children to use controlled substances, as defined under paragraph (1), or beverage alcohol, including instruction in the following areas— “(i) drug use and misuse; “(ii) understanding the consequences of drug abuse; “(iii) resistance techniques; “(iv) assertive response styles; “(v) managing stress without taking drugs; “(vi) decisionmaking and risk taking; “(vii) media influences on drug use; “(viii) positive alternatives to drug abuse behavior; “(ix) interpersonal and communication skills; “(x) self-esteem building activities; and “(xi) resistance to peer pressure and gang pressure; “(B) provisions for parental involvement; “(C) classroom instruction by uniformed law enforcement officials; “(D) the use of positive student leaders to influence younger students not to use drugs; “(E) an emphasis on activity-oriented techniques designed to encourage student-generated responses to problem-solving situations; and “(F) the awarding of a certificate of achievement to each student who participates in a drug abuse resistance education program. “(3) Amounts received under paragraph (1) by any local educational agency or entity shall be used only to supplement, not to supplant, the amount of Federal, State, and local funds expended for the support of projects of the type described in paragraph (2). “(d) Replication of Successful Drug Education Programs.— Not less than 5 percent of the funds available for each fiscal year under section 5121(a) to the chief executive officer of a State shall be used for grants to local educational agencies or consortia of local educational agencies and private nonprofit entities to provide drug abuse education, prevention, or counseling services to students in kindergarten through grade 12. “(e) Eligibility.— A local educational agency or consortium described in subsection (a) shall not be eligible for a grant under this section unless such agency or consortium agrees— “(1) to use assistance provided under such grant to provide or arrange for the provision of programs offering drug abuse education, prevention, or counseling to students of compulsory school age, including— “(A) programs to provide drug abuse counseling in the schools by trained personnel; “(B) programs that stress the use of peers to combat student abuse of drugs and alcohol; 104 STAT. 4839 “(C) programs that stress parental and community involvement in combating student abuse of drugs and alcohol; and “(D) other appropriate programs; “(2) that programs provided with assistance under the grant shall be designed to prevent or eliminate student abuse of drugs or alcohol; “(3) to use assistance provided under the grant to expand or replicate a program that has a demonstrated record of success at either the State or local level in preventing or eliminating student abuse of drugs or alcohol; and “(4) to ensure that the program to be expanded or replicated is appropriate for the students to be served, based on an assessment of their most important needs. “(f) Application.— A local educational agency or consortium described in subsection (a) that desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the chief executive office of the State at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information and assurances as such officer may reasonably require. Each such application shall contain— “(1) a discussion of why the particular program to be assisted under the grant is appropriate for and responds to the particular needs of the students to be served; “(2) a complete description of the success of the program to be assisted under the grant in reducing or eliminating drug or alcohol abuse among students of compulsory school age; “(3) an assurance that the consortium concerned will provide assistance, in cash or in kind, for the program assisted under the grant in an amount equal to not less than 10 percent of the amount provided under the grant; and “(4) an assurance that funds received under the grant shall be used to supplement, not supplant, the amount of other Federal, State, and local funds expended for support of programs of the type described in subsection (b).”.