Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 4.djvu/785

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PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-756 (D) has a history of substance abuse and addiction. (4) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. — This term "unit of local government" means any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State, an Indian tribe which performs law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior and any agency of the District of Columbia government or the United States Government performing law enforcement functions in and for the District of Columbia, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. SEC. 118. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fxmd as authorized by title 31 of the Violent. Crime and Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211)— (1) for fiscal year 1999, $30,000,000; and (2) for fiscal year 2000, $20,000,000. (b) RESERVATION.— The Director may reserve each fiscal year not more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for activities required under section 116. Subtitle C—Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance Drug-Free Schools Quality SEC. 121. SHORT TITLE. Assurance Act. 20 USC 6301 This subtitle may be cited as the "Drug-I«'ree Schools Quality note. Assurance Act". SEC. 122. AMENDMENT TO SAFE AND DRUG-l^EE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT. Subpart 3 of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "SEC. 4134. QUALITY RATING. 20 USC 7144. "(a) IN GENERAL.—The chief executive officer of each State, or in the case of a State in which the constitution or law of such State designates another individual, entity, or agency in the State to be responsible for education activities, such individual, entity, or agency, is authorized and encouraged— "(1) to establish a standard of quality for drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention progrcuns implemented in public elementary schools and secondary schools in the State in accordance with subsection (b); and "(2) to identify and designate, upon application by a public elementary school or secondary school, any such school that achieves such standard as a quality program school. "(b) CRITERIA. — The standard referred to in subsection (a) shall address, at a minimum— "(1) a comparison of the rate of illegal use of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by students enrolled in the school for a period of time to be determined by the chief executive officer of the State; "(2) the rate of suspensions or expulsions of students enrolled in the school for drug, alcohol, or tobacco-related offenses; "(3) the effectiveness of the drug, alcohol, or tobacco prevention program as proven by research;