Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 103 Part 2.djvu/930

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103 STAT. 1940 PUBLIC LAW 101-226—DEC. 12, 1989 "(1) age-appropriate, developmentally based drug and alcohol education and prevention programs (which address the legal, social, and health consequences of drug and alcohol use and which provide information about effective techniques for resist- ing peer pressure to use illicit drugs or alcohol) for students in all grades of the schools operated or served by the applicant, from early childhood level through grade 12; "(2) conveying to students that the use of illicit drugs and the unlawful possession and use of alcohol is wrong and harmful; "(3) standards of conduct that are applicable to students and employees in all the applicant's schools and that clearly pro- hibit, at a minimum, the unlawful possession, use, or distribu- tion of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees on school premises or as part of any of its activities; "(4) a clear statement that sanctions (consistent with local, State, and Federal law), up to and including expulsion or termi- nation of employment and referral for prosecution, will be imposed on students and employees who violate the standards of conduct required by paragraph (3) and a description of those sanctions; "(5) information about any available drug and alcohol coun- seling and rehabilitation and re-entry programs that are avail- able to students and employees; "(6) a requirement that parents, students, and employees be given a copy of the standards of conduct required by paragraph (3) and the statement of sanctions required by paragraph (4); "(7) notifying parents, students, and employees that compli- ance with the standards of conduct required by paragraph (3) is mandatory; and "(8) a biennial review by the applicant of its program to— "(A) determine its effectiveness and implement changes to the program if they are needed; and "(B) ensure that the sanctions required by paragraph (4) are consistently enforced. "(b) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—Each local educational agency that provides the certification required by subsection (a) shall, upon request, make available to the Secretary, the State educational agency, and to the public full information about the elements of its program required by subsection (a), including the results of its biennial review. "(c) CERTIFICATION TO SECRETARY. —Each State educational agency shall certify to the Secretary that it has adopted and has imple- mented a program to prevent the use of illicit drugs and the abuse of alcohol by its students and employees that is consistent with the Public program required by subsection (a) of this section. The State edu- information. cational agency shall, upon request, make available to the Secretary and to the public full information about the elements of its program. " (d) REGULATIONS. —(1) The Secretary shall publish regulations to implement and enforce the provisions of this section, including regulations that provide for— "(A) the periodic review by State educational agencies of a representative sample of programs required by subsection (a); and "(B) a range of responses and sanctions for local educational agencies that fail to implement their programs or to consist- ently enforce their sanctions, including information and tech-