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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 894
To authorize grants to implement school-community partnerships for
preventing substance use and misuse among youth.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY31, 2025
Ms. S
A´NCHEZ(for herself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To authorize grants to implement school-community partner-
ships for preventing substance use and misuse among
youth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Drugs Out 4
of Schools Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 6
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
(1) D
IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 8
the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 9
Policy. 10
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(2) DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES FUNDED COALI -1
TION.—The term ‘‘Drug-Free Communities funded 2
coalition’’ means a recipient of a grant under section 3
1032 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 4
U.S.C. 1532). 5
(3) E
FFECTIVE DRUG PREVENTION PRO -6
GRAMS.—The term ‘‘effective drug prevention pro-7
grams’’, with respect to a school-community partner-8
ship between a Drug-Free Communities funded coa-9
lition and a local school, means strategies, policies, 10
and activities that— 11
(A) are tailored to meet the needs of the 12
student population of the school, based on the 13
environment of the school and the community 14
surrounding the school; and 15
(B) prevent and reduce substance use and 16
misuse among local youth. 17
(4) E
LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-18
ty’’ means a coalition (within the meaning of section 19
1032 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 20
U.S.C. 1532)) that— 21
(A) receives or has received a grant under 22
subchapter I of chapter 2 of title I of the Anti- 23
Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1523 et 24
seq.); and 25
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(B) has a memorandum of understanding 1
in effect with not less than 1 local school to es-2
tablish a school-community partnership. 3
(5) L
OCAL SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘local school’’ 4
means an elementary, middle, or high school located 5
in an area served by an eligible entity. 6
(6) S
CHOOL-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP .—The 7
term ‘‘school-community partnership’’ means a part-8
nership between a Drug-Free Communities funded 9
coalition and not less than 1 local school for the pur-10
pose of implementing effective drug prevention pro-11
grams. 12
(7) S
UBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE .—The term 13
‘‘substance use and misuse’’— 14
(A) has the meaning given the term in 15
paragraph (9) of section 1023 of the Anti-Drug 16
Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1523); and 17
(B) includes the use of electronic or other 18
delivery mechanisms to consume a substance 19
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 20
that paragraph. 21
(b) G
RANTSAUTHORIZED.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.— 23
(A) I
NITIAL GRANTS.—Subject to para-24
graph (2), the Director may award grants to el-25
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igible entities for the purpose of implementing 1
a school-community partnership. 2
(B) R
ENEWAL GRANTS.—Subject to para-3
graph (2), the Director may award to an eligi-4
ble entity who has received a grant under sub-5
paragraph (A) an additional grant for each fis-6
cal year during the 3-fiscal-year period fol-7
lowing the fiscal year for which the grant was 8
awarded under subparagraph (A), for the pur-9
pose of continuing the school-community part-10
nership. 11
(2) L
IMITATIONS.— 12
(A) A
MOUNT.—The amount of a grant 13
under this subsection may not exceed $75,000 14
for a fiscal year. 15
(B) R
ECIPIENTS.—Not more than 1 eligi-16
ble entity may receive a grant under this sub-17
section to establish a school-community partner-18
ship with a particular local school. 19
(c) I
NTERAGENCYAGREEMENT.—The Director may 20
enter into an interagency agreement with a National Drug 21
Control Program agency, as defined in section 702 of the 22
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 23
Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701), to delegate authority for— 24
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(1) the execution of grants under this section; 1
and 2
(2) other activities necessary to carry out the 3
responsibilities of the Director under this section. 4
(d) A
PPLICATION.— 5
(1) I
N GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 6
grant under this section, in coordination with each 7
local school with which the eligible entity has a 8
school-community partnership, shall submit to the 9
Director an application at such time, in such man-10
ner, and accompanied by such information as the 11
Director may require. 12
(2) P
LAN.—The application submitted under 13
paragraph (1) shall include a detailed, comprehen-14
sive plan for the school-community partnership to 15
implement effective drug prevention programs. 16
(e) U
SE OFFUNDS.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving a 18
grant under this section shall use funds from the 19
grant— 20
(A) to implement the plan described in 21
subsection (d)(2); and 22
(B) if necessary, to obtain specialized 23
training and assistance from the organization 24
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receiving the grant under section 4(a) of Public 1
Law 107–82 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note). 2
(2) S
UPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT .—Grants pro-3
vided under this section shall be used to supplement, 4
and not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds 5
that are otherwise available for drug prevention pro-6
grams in local schools. 7
(f) E
VALUATION.—Section 1032(a)(6) of the Anti- 8
Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(a)(6)) shall 9
apply to a grant under this section in the same manner 10
as that section applies to a grant under subchapter I of 11
chapter 2 of subtitle A of title I of that Act (21 U.S.C. 12
1531 et seq.). 13
(g) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 15
appropriated to carry out this section $7,000,000 for 16
each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031. 17
(2) A
DMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 8 18
percent of the funds appropriated under paragraph 19
(1) may be used by the Director for administrative 20
expenses associated with the responsibilities of the 21
Director under this section. 22
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