Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate, within the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Office (HSHS Office).
Requires the HSHS Office to assist State and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) to develop and maintain comprehensive sequential school health education programs and curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in their jurisdiction. Requires the Office also to assist States in coordinating school-based programs to progress toward relevant Healthy People 2000 (HP 2000) Objectives and Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Goals (Goals).
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to transfer the Office of Comprehensive School Health Education (CSHE Office) from the Office of the Secretary (of Education) to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (also within the Department of Education).
Establishes the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Advisory Council, which shall establish the national Goals.
Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Interagency Task Force.
Sets forth the duties of the Secretary of HHS under this Act.
Directs the Secretary of HHS, through the HSHS Office, to award grants to States and LEAs to assist schools in becoming Healthy American Schools that teach comprehensive sequential school health education programs using advanced technologies such as computer-based learning and innovative communication channels.
Directs the Secretary of HHS to recognize annually with plaques and cash awards those schools that epitomize the HSHS Goals.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and in cooperation with the Secretary of HHS, to develop and implement a program providing sequential comprehensive health education and physical education to students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools operated by or on behalf of the BIA.
Authorizes appropriations.
Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to allow appropriations under it to be used in conjunction with HSHS program, so long as substance abuse prevention is a major component.
[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1439 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1439
To create ``Healthy American Schools,'' where children will learn the
lifelong health and fitness skills vital to developing a smart body and
smart mind and to empower every school with the ability to become a
healthy school, built on a firm foundation of ``healthy mind and
healthy body'' curricula.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 1993
Mr. Andrews of Texas (for himself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Towns, Mr. Frost,
Mrs. Mink, and Mr. DeFazio) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To create ``Healthy American Schools,'' where children will learn the
lifelong health and fitness skills vital to developing a smart body and
smart mind and to empower every school with the ability to become a
healthy school, built on a firm foundation of ``healthy mind and
healthy body'' curricula.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Students-Healthy Schools
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) comprehensive, high quality education for the children
of the United States has always been important, but in recent
years it has become even more critical to the social and
economic viability of our country;
(2) unhealthy children do not learn well and tend to grow
into unhealthy adults, never realizing their full potential;
(3) without an increased focus on the health of our
children, the United States will not be able to successfully
compete in the 21st century;
(4) given the international dimensions of the health and
education challenges facing the United States, the Federal
Government should play a key role in the national effort to
equip all American children with the intellectual and physical
skills needed to compete in the new and rapidly changing global
marketplace;
(5) although States and localities bear the primary
responsibility for elementary and secondary education, strong
national leadership, from the Congress and the Executive
branch, is vital to the future health of our children, schools,
and the United States;
(6) studies show that high quality, comprehensive
educational care, as early as 3 years of age, translates into
well-rounded individuals, better school performance, lower
drop-out rates, lower teenage pregnancy rates, lower
unemployment rates, and lower crime rates;
(7) a better understanding of the principles of good
health, taught in a gender and culturally competent manner,
could help children succeed in school and become active,
productive members of society;
(8) statistics on federally supported efforts to improve
comprehensive school health curriculum demonstrate the
effectiveness of preventive programs on the knowledge,
behavior, and fitness of children and adolescents, yet few
school systems offer such programs and most States do not have
the resources to enforce sequential school health education
requirements;
(9) several different agencies located in the Departments
of Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Interior,
Energy, Defense, and Transportation currently administer school
health education programs in areas such as AIDS education, drug
abuse education, nutrition, physical fitness, smoking
prevention, and asthma education;
(10) throughout the 1980s, Federal school health education
efforts lacked coordination, despite--
(A) the 1978 legislative mandate directing the
Commissioner of Education at what was then the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to consult
with the Public Health Service and the Surgeon General
to ``assure coordination and prevent duplication of
effort'' in all school health education programs; and
(B) the re-authorization and funding in 1988 of the
Department of Education's Office of Comprehensive
School Health Education;
(11) a coordinated Federal effort is needed to help State
and local educational agencies develop and implement
comprehensive school health education programs;
(12) over the past several years, the Department of Health
and Human Services has led most Federal health education
efforts, and the Public Health Service's 1990 report entitled
``Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Objectives'' outlines a comprehensive national
strategy for improving the health of all Americans during this
decade and includes specific goals related to school health
education;
(13) one of the chief ``Healthy People 2000'' objectives is
to increase to at least 75 percent the proportion of the
Nation's elementary and secondary schools that provide planned
and sequential kindergarten through 12th grade quality school
health education; and
(14) the President and the Nation's governors have set six
national education goals, as part of a strategy to create a new
generation of American schools, which complement the Healthy
People 2000 goals and form the basis of a healthy partnership.
(b) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act to--
(1) provide the Federal leadership needed to create Healthy
American Schools, the building blocks of a healthy and strong
education system capable of providing every child with the
lifelong skills needed to become an intellectually and
physically fit member of a productive work force;
(2) ensure that all federally funded school health
education programs, including alcohol and substance abuse
prevention programs, are coordinated and share the goals of
reducing categorical barriers and comprehensively encouraging
healthy students and healthy schools;
(3) designate a central office within the Department of
Health and Human Services for the coordination and direction of
Federal school health education efforts;
(4) establish a Federal clearinghouse where teachers can
easily access health education information through the use of
innovative and interactive technologies;
(5) establish an independent advisory council of highly
respected, bipartisan, diverse experts to study, make
recommendations, and identify core national health education
goals to be known as the ``Healthy Students-Healthy Schools
Goals'' that are consistent with the Healthy People 2000
Objectives;
(6) develop standards and a model framework for sequential
Comprehensive School Health Education programs for use in
kindergarten through grade 12;
(7) establish a comprehensive framework through which the
Department of Health and Human Services will coordinate a
national effort to assess, on a continuing basis, the health-
related knowledge and behaviors of the Nation's school children
and recognize schools which have successfully grown into
Healthy American Schools; and
(8) establish an interagency task force on school health
education to reduce categorical barriers and foster cooperation
among Federal agencies carrying out school health education
programs.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in the Act:
(1) Advisory council.--The term ``Advisory Council'' means
the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Advisory Council
established under section 5.
(2) Comprehensive health education.--The term
``comprehensive health education'' means a planned, sequential,
kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum that addresses the
physical, mental, emotional and social dimensions of health.
Such curriculum shall--
(A) be designed to assist students in developing
the knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral skills needed
to make positive health choices and maintain and
improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce
health-related risk behaviors;
(B) permit students to develop and demonstrate
increasingly sophisticated health-related knowledge,
attitudes, skills, and practices; and
(C) be comprehensive and include a variety of
topics such as personal health, family health,
community health, consumer health, environmental
health, family life, mental and emotional health,
injury prevention and safety, nutrition, prevention and
control of disease, and substance use and abuse, taught
by qualified teachers who have been trained to teach
the subject.
(3) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
Department of Health and Human Services.
(4) Local education agency.--The term ``local education
agency'' means the local education agencies, as defined in
section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, and Federally recognized Indian tribes that are
responsible for providing elementary and secondary education
for tribal members.
(5) Healthy people 2000 objectives.--The term ``Healthy
People 2000 Objectives'' means the 300 specific health
objectives in 22 priority areas, such as fitness, nutrition,
tobacco, maternal and infant health, cancer, cardiovascular
disease, HIV disease, school health, immunization and
environmental health, identified by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services in the report entitled ``Healthy People 2000:
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives''.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(7) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF HEALTHY STUDENTS-HEALTHY SCHOOLS OFFICE.
(a) Designation.--The Secretary shall designate, within the Centers
for Disease Control, an office to serve as the Healthy Students-Healthy
Schools Office to carry out the functions and activities described in
subsection (b).
(b) Functions and Activities.--The Office designated under
subsection (a) shall--
(1) assist State and local educational agencies in their
efforts to--
(A) develop and maintain comprehensive sequential
school health education programs and curricula, which,
to the extent practicable, are based on the model
framework developed by the Advisory Council, in all
elementary and secondary schools within their
jurisdiction;
(B) train teachers in comprehensive sequential
school health education;
(C) integrate and encourage school-, community-
based, and public-private health promotion partnerships
and efforts;
(D) integrate health education programs with health
and social services for school-age youth;
(E) provide nutritious school food services; and
(F) encourage healthy, tobacco-free school
environments;
(2) provide technical support to State and local
educational agencies and educators concerning health education
programs and curricula and administer the grant program
authorized under section 7;
(3) establish and maintain a national clearinghouse, using
advanced technologies to the maximum extent practicable, and
mechanism for the wide dissemination of school health education
material, including written, audio-visual, and electronically-
conveyed information to educators, schools, health care
providers, and other individuals, organizations, and
governmental entities;
(4) assist States in coordinating school-based programs
that will help ensure progress toward relevant Healthy People
2000 Objectives and the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Goals
established under section 5;
(5) assist States in developing mechanisms to uniformly
evaluate competency based health education skills and physical
fitness and to collect and maintain uniform data, including
baseline data on a continuing basis, on health behavior
indicators, including absenteeism due to pregnancy and ill-
health, which will measure progress toward relevant Healthy
People 2000 Objectives and the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools
Goals established under this Act;
(6) assist the Secretary in preparing an annual report on
the status of school health education in the United States, as
required under this section; and
(7) coordinate with other Federal school health education
efforts and assist in reducing categorical barriers to
sequential, comprehensive school health education programs.
(c) Office of Comprehensive School Health Education.--
(1) In general.--Section 4605(c) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3155(c)) is
amended--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking out ``Office of the Secretary'' and inserting
in lieu thereof ``Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education''; and
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new
paragraph:
``(4) To act as a liaison office for the coordination of
the activities undertaken by the Office under this section with
related activities of the Assistant Secretary for Special
Education, other offices within the Department, the Department
of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture,
and other Federal agencies, and to expand school health
education research grant programs under this section.''.
(2) Transition.--The Secretary of Education shall take all
appropriate actions to facilitate the transfer of the Office of
Comprehensive School Health Education pursuant to the amendment
made by paragraph (1).
SEC. 5. HEALTHY STUDENTS-HEALTHY SCHOOLS ADVISORY COUNCIL.
(a) Establishment.--There is established the Healthy Students-
Healthy Schools Advisory Council that shall carry out the function and
activities required under subsection (e).
(b) Membership and Appointment.--
(1) In general.--The Advisory Council shall be composed of
2 ex officio, nonvoting members and 18 voting members appointed
under paragraph (3).
(2) Ex officio members.--The Secretary and the Secretary of
Education shall serve as ex officio members of the Advisory
Council.
(3) Appointed members.--Of the voting members of the
Advisory Council--
(A) six shall be appointed by the President in
accordance with paragraph (5);
(B) six shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives in consultation with the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and
(C) six shall be appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate on the recommendation of the
Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate.
The initial members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed
under this paragraph not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(4) Requirements.--Each member of the Advisory Council
appointed under paragraph (3) shall--
(A) be eminent in the field of health education,
adolescent and elementary behavior, family counseling,
nutrition, reproductive and sexually transmitted
disease behavior, drug and alcohol abuse, HIV
prevention education techniques, epidemiology, school
nursing, school health services, clinical medicine,
school policy, public administration, or public-private
health promotion partnerships or activities; and
(B) be selected for appointment solely on the basis
of an established record of distinguished service or
research.
(5) Advisory council appointments.--Of the members
appointed under paragraph (3)--
(A) two members shall be directors of adolescent
health research units that are primarily supported by
Federal funds and who have specialized interest in
school health;
(B) four members shall be employees of State
governmental entities or members of local education
agencies or school boards and who have specialized
interest in school health education or school health;
(C) two members shall be school health educators
currently teaching school health in elementary or
secondary schools;
(D) two members shall be school nurses currently
employed in the field of school health; and
(E) four members shall be appointed representatives
of national educational associations.
(6) Representation.--The membership of the Advisory
Council, shall at all times have members who represent various
geographic areas, including rural and underserved areas, the
private sector, academia, scientific and professional
societies, and minority and youth organizations.
(7) Chairperson.--The members of the Advisory Council shall
elect a member to serve as the Chairperson of the Advisory
Council for a term of office that shall not exceed 3 years.
(8) Terms.--
(A) In general.--Each member appointed to the
Advisory Council under paragraph (3) shall serve for a
term of 5 years, except that of the initial members
appointed under subparagraph (A) of such paragraph,
three shall be appointed for a term of 4 years and two
shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, as designated
by the President at the time of appointment. No member
shall be eligible to serve continuously for more than
two consecutive terms.
(B) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Advisory Council
shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment with respect to such vacancy was made. Any
member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to
the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of
such member was appointed shall be appointed for the
remainder of such term.
(c) Meetings.--
(1) In general.--The Advisory Council shall meet on a
regular basis, but in no case less than five times during the
first 2 years after the appointment of the members of the
Council. Such meetings shall be at the call of the Chairperson,
or on the written request of one-third of the members of the
Advisory Council.
(2) Initial meeting.--The Advisory Council shall have its
first meeting not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(3) Quorum.--A majority of the appointed members of the
Advisory Council shall constitute a quorum.
(d) Employment and Expenses.--
(1) Employment.--Appointed members of the Advisory Council
may not be full-time employees of the Federal Government.
(2) Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular
places of business on the business of the Advisory Council,
members of the Council shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as is authorized
under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons
employed intermittently in the Government service.
(e) Functions and Activities.--The Advisory Council shall--
(1) establish national Healthy Students-Healthy Schools
Goals based on existing data and research, including the
Healthy People 2000 Objectives, identify the activities
required to meet such goals, and identify the responsible
Federal agencies or individuals with respect to each such goal;
(2) review existing comprehensive school health education
standards, programs and curricula in elementary and secondary
schools and review and evaluate Federally-supported health
education programs currently being implemented in schools;
(3) develop a model framework for sequential comprehensive
school health education programs and curricula, including
sample materials and methods for distribution to schools and to
educators for use in kindergarten through 12th grade that shall
include--
(A) health education;
(B) physical fitness education;
(C) counseling; and
(D) community-based, school-site health promotion
programs for faculty, staff, parents, and family;
(4) develop and incorporate model school health education
guidelines and evaluation mechanisms, including the gathering
of baseline data, in the model framework for programs and
curricula established under paragraph (1);
(5) provide scientific and technical advice concerning the
development and implementation of all components of
comprehensive school health education programs and the
reduction of categorical barriers to comprehensive school
health education;
(6) recommend uniform methods for effectively linking
research findings at the Federal level with implementation at
the State and local level; and
(7) serve in an advisory capacity to the Secretary and
other Federal agencies.
SEC. 6. HEALTHY STUDENTS-HEALTHY SCHOOLS INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a Healthy
Students-Healthy Schools Interagency task force that shall be staffed
by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and be
composed of representatives of the Office of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for
Disease Control, and other Federal agencies and departments, including
the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture, which have
responsibility for components of school health and education, including
AIDS prevention, drug and alcohol abuse prevention, injury prevention,
physical fitness, and nutrition.
(b) Co-Chairpersons.--The Assistant Secretary for Health, Public
Health Service, and the Assistant Secretary for Education (Elementary
and Secondary Education) shall serve as co-chairpersons of the task
force established under subsection (a).
(c) Functions and Activities.--The task force established under
subsection (a) shall--
(1) review and coordinate all Federal school health
education efforts in school health education, including drug
and alcohol abuse prevention education, HIV prevention
education, physical fitness, school services, and nutrition;
(2) provide scientific and technical advice concerning the
development and implementation of the model framework
comprehensive school health education programs and curricula to
be developed under section 5;
(3) develop a consolidated grant application form (a form
that serves as the main document containing the core
information concerning a particular entity) and procedures that
may be used with respect to all school health-related programs
(including supplementary information procedures to be
implemented when an entity that has already submitted a
consolidated application form is applying for additional
assistance) that require the submission of an application; and
(4) serve in an advisory capacity to and assist the Office
designated by the Secretary under section 4, and other Federal
agencies.
SEC. 7. FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY.
The Secretary, with the assistance of the Advisory Council, shall--
(1) foster the interaction, coordination, and partnerships
needed to create Healthy American Schools among Federal
agencies, State and local governments, school administrators,
educators, school nurses and other school health providers, the
private sector, scientific communities, community-based
organizations, health professionals, parents, and students;
(2) update progress toward achieving relevant Healthy
People 2000 Objectives and the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools
Goals established under this Act by establishing a national
monitoring system to be implemented in schools and administered
by the States and local educational agencies;
(3) ensure the timely implementation of the activities and
nationwide mechanisms necessary for achieving and monitoring
progress toward such objectives and goals;
(4) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and
the States an annual report, that shall include data on
relevant agency budgets for each fiscal year, as required by
section 9; and
(5) recognize, in the annual report, schools that have
demonstrated exemplary efforts in becoming Healthy American
Schools and provide a short evaluation to States that
incorporate the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Goals.
SEC. 8. HEALTHY AMERICAN SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) General Authority.--The Secretary, acting through the Office
designated under section 4(a), is authorized to award grants to States
and local educational agencies to assist the schools under the
jurisdiction of such States and agencies in becoming Healthy American
Schools that teach comprehensive sequential school health education
programs which, to the maximum extent practicable, make use of advanced
technologies, such as computer-based learning and innovative
communication channels.
(b) Eligibility.--To encourage all schools to become Healthy
American Schools, the Secretary shall insure that every public
elementary and secondary school in the United States is eligible to
receive assistance under this section and that such assistance shall be
distributed among all geographic areas, including rural, urban, and
suburban areas.
(c) Uses of Grants.--Amounts awarded under this section shall be
used to establish and implement programs that meet the goals of the
Healthy Students-Healthy Schools program, which shall include--
(1) teacher training in sequential school health education
and related in-service training;
(2) healthy school environment standards;
(3) personal health and fitness activities;
(4) nutrition education and nutritious food services;
(5) mental health wellness programs;
(6) chronic disease prevention programs;
(7) substance abuse prevention education;
(8) prevention of intentional and unintentional injury and
safety education;
(9) community and environmental health activities;
(10) family life education activities;
(11) activities for the prevention and control of
communicable diseases;
(12) activities for the effective use of the health
services delivery systems;
(13) development and aging activities; and
(14) worksite health promotion programs and partnerships
with community-based organizations and the private sector.
(d) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, an entity shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied
by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such
application shall--
(1) describe the comprehensive school health education
program for which assistance is sought, particularly the
activities described in subsection (b);
(2) provide assurances that qualified health educators will
teach or supervise the programs for which assistance is sought;
(3) provide assurance that the State, relevant local
educational agency, or Indian tribe will involve the community,
on an on-going basis, in the planning, implementation and
evaluation of the programs for which assistance is sought,
including the establishment of partnerships with the private
sector, cooperative extension systems of land-grant
universities, nonprofit public agencies, organizations,
community-based organizations, parents, and students;
(4) provide assurance that funding made available under
this section will be used in a coordinated and cooperative
manner with other school health education programs that the
State, local educational agency or Indian tribe may be
undertaking and will not duplicate other school health
education programs;
(5) provide assurances that the State or Indian tribe will
submit an annual report on the program to the Secretary (in the
case of a local education agency, it shall submit an annual
report to the State which shall then submit a Statewide report
to the Secretary) to be integrated into the annual report
required under section 9; and
(6) provide assurances that the State or Indian tribe will
provide matching funds, through monetary or in kind
contribution, in an amount that equals 25 percent of the amount
of the grant.
(e) Outstanding Healthy American School Awards.--The Secretary
shall annually recognize schools that epitomize the Healthy Students-
Healthy Schools Goals established under this Act and shall award such
schools a commemorative plaque and a $1,000 cash award.
SEC. 9. EVALUATION AND ANNUAL REPORT.
(a) General Authority.--The Secretary shall uniformly collect,
compile, and preserve data concerning school health education programs
and curricula throughout the United States.
(b) Data Collection.--The Secretary shall develop and ensure the
implementation of a system for the collection of data that uniformly
measures and evaluates the impact of school health education programs
and curricula to determine--
(1) the effectiveness of such programs in promoting
progress toward achieving relevant Healthy People 2000
Objectives and the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Goals
established under this Act; and
(2) the impact of such programs on related health
indicators such as absenteeism and teen-age pregnancy rates.
(c) Results of Evaluations.--
(1) Annual report.--Not later than Janu- ary 1, 1994, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and publish a
report that--
(A) evaluates the status of school health education
in the United States, including the impact and
effectiveness of the health education programs and
curricula of each State;
(B) measures national progress towards achieving
relevant Healthy People 2000 Objectives and the Healthy
Students-Healthy Schools Goals established under this
Act; and
(C) recognizes outstanding Healthy American
Schools.
(2) Entities receiving report.--In January of each fiscal
year, the Secretary shall submit the report required under
subsection (c) to the appropriate committees of the Congress
and to the States to aid in the program evaluation and
development efforts of such States.
SEC. 10. PROGRAM FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AMONG
INDIAN STUDENTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation and cooperation with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education,
shall develop and, not later than the date that is 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, implement a program which provides
gender and culturally competent sequential comprehensive health
education and physical education to students enrolled in elementary and
secondary schools operated by, or on behalf of, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
(b) Courses of Instruction and Participation.--
(1) Courses of instruction.--The program which the
Secretary of the Interior is required to develop under
subsection (a) shall provide courses of instruction for each
grade of elementary and secondary school in a manner that
ensures sequential, progressive, comprehensive, and continuous
instruction.
(2) Participation.--Except as otherwise prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior, all students enrolled in schools
operated by, or on behalf of, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
shall participate in the courses of instruction provided at
such schools under the program developed under subsection (a).
(c) Consultation.--In developing and implementing the program
required under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall
consult with--
(1) representatives of the Indian tribes that are to be
served by such program;
(2) local educational and health personnel; and
(3) the Advisory Council established under section 5.
(d) Report.--Not later than the date that is 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to
the Congress a report on the progress made by the Secretary of the
Interior in carrying out the requirements of this section.
SEC. 11. APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZATION.
(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act, $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through
1998.
(b) Use.--Amounts appropriated under this section shall be used to
fund the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Grant Program, and to make
available funds that may be necessary to carry out the activities of
the Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Coordinating Office and the
clearinghouse established under section 4(b)(4) and the Healthy
Students-Healthy Schools Advisory Council established under section 5.
(c) Limitation.--The Secretary may not carry out the provisions of
this Act until such time as amounts appropriated under section 8(a) for
a fiscal year equal or exceed $25,000,000.
SEC. 12. DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT.
Part E of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (20
U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new section:
``SEC. 5147. USE OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR HEALTHY STUDENTS-HEALTHY SCHOOLS
PROGRAMS.
``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts appropriated
under this Act may be used in conjunction with the Healthy Students-
Healthy Schools Program of any State, Indian tribe, local educational
agency, or school, so long as substance abuse prevention is a major
component of such Program, pursuant to the Healthy Students-Healthy
Schools Act.''.
SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall become effective on October 1, 1993.
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