91st Congress, H. R. 14252 An Act To authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and activities concerning the use of drugs and for other related educational purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970". STATEMENT OF PURPOSE SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that drug abuse diminishes the strength and vitality of the people of our Nation; that such abuse of dangerous drugs is increasing in urban and suburban areas; that there is a lack of authoritative information and creative projects designed to educate students and others about drugs and their abuse; and that prevention and control of such drug abuse require intensive and coordinated efforts on the part of both governmental and private groups. (b) It is the purpose of this Act to encourage the development of new and improved curricula on the problems of drug abuse; to demonstrate the use of such curricula in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof; to disseminate curricular materials and significant information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation; to provide training programs for teachers, counselors, law enforcement officials, and other public service and community leaders; and to offer community education programs for parents and others, on drug abuse problems. DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION PROJECTS SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall carry out a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and other public and private education or research agencies, institutions, and organizations to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to educate the public on problems related to drug abuse. (b) Funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this section shall be available for such activities as (1) projects for the development of curricula on the use and abuse of drugs, including the evaluation and selection of exemplary existing materials and the preparation of new and improved curricular materials for use in elementary, secondary, adult, and community education programs; (2) projects designed to demonstrate, and test the effectiveness of curricula described in clause (1) (whether developed with assistance under this Act or otherwise); (3) in the case of applicants who have conducted projects under clause (2), projects for the dissemination of curricular materials and other significant information regarding the use and abuse of drugs to public and private elementary, secondary, adult and community education programs; (4) evaluations of the effectiveness of curricula tested in use in elementary, secondary, and adult and community education programs involved in projects described in clause (2); Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970. 84 STAT. 1385 84 STAT. 1386 Grants. Contract authority. Curricula, development and evaluation. Training programs. Local educational agencies, finan cial assist ance. Application requirements. Reports and records. Appropriation. (5) preservice and inservice training programs on drug abuse (including courses of study, institutes, seminars, workshops, and conferences) for teachers, counselors, and other educational personnel, law enforcement officials, and other public service and community leaders and personnel; (6) community education programs on drug abuse (including seminars, workshops, and conferences) especially for parents and others in the community; (7) evaluations of the training and community education programs described in clauses (5) and (6), including the examination of the intended and actual impact of such programs, the identification of strengths and weaknesses in such programs, and the evaluation of materials used in such programs; (8) programs or projects to recruit, train, organize and employ professional and other persons, including former drug abusers or drug dependent persons, to organize and participate in programs of public education in drug abuse. In the case of activities described in clauses (4) and (7), the Secretary may undertake such activities directly or through grants or contracts. (c) In addition to the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, funds in an amount not to exceed 5 per centum of the sums appropriated to carry out this section may be made available for the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses of State educational agencies in assisting local educational agencies in the planning development, and implementation of drug abuse education programs. (d) (1) Financial assistance for a project under this section may be made only upon application at such time or times, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary deems necessary, and only if such application (A) provides that the activities and services for which assistance under this title is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant; (B) provides for carrying out one or more projects or programs eligible for assistance under subsection (b) of this section and provides for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of such projects or programs; (C) sets forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available by the applicant for the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, and in no case supplant such funds; and (D) provides for making such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Secretary may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports. (2) Applications from local educational agencies for financial assistance under this section may be approved by the Secretary only if the State educational agency has been notified of the application and been given the opportunity to offer recommendations. (3) Amendments of applications shall, except as the Secretary may otherwise provide by or pursuant to regulation, be subject to approval in the same manner. (e) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1971; and $14,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, for the purpose of carrying out this section. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended. COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECTS authority. Workshops, conferences, etc. SEC. 4. There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the Appropriation. fiscal year beginning July 1, 1970, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1971, and $14,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, for grants or contracts to carry out the provisions of this section. From the sums available therefore for any fiscal year, the Secretary Grants. of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make grants to, Contract or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs on drug abuse and drug dependency for the benefit of interested and concerned parents, young persons, community leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Such programs may include, among others, seminars, workshops, conferences, telephone counseling and information services to provide advice, information, or assistance to individuals with respect to drug abuse or drug dependency problems, the operation of centers designed to serve as a locale which is available, with or without appointment or prior arrangement, to individuals seeking to discuss or obtain information, advice, or assistance with respect to drug 84 STAT. 1387 abuse or drug dependency problems, arrangements involving the avail- 84 STAT. 1388 ability of so-called "peer group" leadership programs, and programs establishing and making available procedures and means of coordinating and exchanging ideas, information, and other data involving drug abuse and drug dependency problems. Such programs shall, to the extent feasible, (A) provide for the use of adequate personnel from similar social, cultural, age, ethnic, and racial backgrounds as those of the individuals served under any such program, (B) include a comprehensive and coordinated range of services, and (C) be integrated with, and involve the active participation of a wide range of public and nongovernmental agencies. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SEC. 5. The Secretary and the Attorney General (on matters of law enforcement) shall, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and imple mentation of programs of drug abuse education. Such technical HEW and Justice assistance may, among other activities, include making available to Department, such agencies or institutions information regarding effective methods personnel of coping with problems of drug abuse, and making available to such available. agencies or institutions personnel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Department of Justice, or other persons qualified to advise and assist in coping with such problems or carrying out a drug abuse education program. PAYMENTS SEC. 6. Payments under this Act may be made in installments and in advance or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments. 84 STAT. 1388 ADMINISTRATION SEO. 7. In administering the provisions of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government and of any other public or private agency or institution in accordance with appropriate agreements, and to pay for such services either in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be agreed upon. DEFINITIONS SEC. 8. As used in this Act (a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. (b) The term "State" includes, in addition to the several States of the Union, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Approved December 3, 1970. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 91-599 (Comm. on Education and Labor). Vol. 115 (1969): Oct. 30, 31, considered and passed House. amended. Nov. 19, House concurred in Senate amendment. 91st Congress, S. 4083 An Act To modify and enlarge the authority of Gallaudet College to maintain and oper ate the Kendall School as a demonstration elementary school for the deaf to serve primarily the National Capital region, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of providing day and residential facilities for elementary education for persons who are deaf in order to prepare them for high school and other secondary study, and to provide an exemplary educational program to stimulate the development of similar excellent programs throughout the Nation, the directors of Gallaudet College are authorized to maintain and operate Kendall School as a demonstration elementary school for the deaf, to serve primarily residents of the National Capital region. SEC. 2. As used in this Act (a) The term "elementary school" means a school which provides education for deaf children from the age of onset of deafness to age fifteen, inclusive, but not beyond the eighth grade or its equivalent. (b) The term "construction" includes construction and initial equipment of new buildings, and expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings and equipment thereof, including architect's services, but excluding off-site improvements. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 3. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of the demonstration elementary school provided for in section 1. (b) Federal funds appropriated for the benefit of the school shall be used only for the purposes for which paid and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Act. SEC. 4. In the design and construction of any facilities, maximum attention shall be given to excellence of architecture and design, works of art, and innovative auditory and visual devices and installations appropriate for educational functions of such facilities. REPEAL OF EXISTING STATUTES SEC. 5. (a) The second proviso of the first paragraph under the heading "COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB" of the first 84 STAT. 1579 Gallaudet Kendall Sohool, Definitions. section of the Act of March 2, 1889 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1010), is 25 Stat. 962. repealed. (b) The proviso and the last sentence in the paragraph having a side heading "COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB" in the first section of the Act of March 1, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1008), is repealed. (c) The last sentence under the heading "COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB" in the first section of the Act of March 3, 1905 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1011), is repealed. (d) The last sentence of the first paragraph under the heading "COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB" in the first section of the Act of June 27, 1906 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1011), is repealed. 31 Stat. 844 33 Stat. 901. 34 Stat. 503. |