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What is the purpose of this program?
The program provides support to SEAs for a variety of drug and violence prevention activities focused primarily on school-age youths. SEAs are required to distribute 93 percent of funds to LEAs for drug and violence prevention activities authorized under the statute. These activities may include developing instructional materials; providing counseling services and professional development programs for school personnel; implementing community service projects and conflict resolution, peer mediation, mentoring, and character education programs; establishing safe zones of passage for students to and from school; acquiring and installing metal detectors; and hiring security personnel.
How can these funds be used?
Activities most frequently funded by LEAs include staff training, student instruction, curriculum development or acquisition, parent education and involvement, conflict resolution and peer mediation, and student assistance programs, such as counseling, mentoring, identification, and referral services.
What are the eligibility requirements?
Funds go directly to SEAs, which allocate these funds to LEAs in their state. Also, up to twenty percent of those funds are reserved for the Governor's program in each state, which awards competitive grants and contracts to local educational agencies, community based organizations (including community antidrug coalitions), other public entities and private organizations, and consortia thereof, to carry out the comprehensive State drug and violence prevention program.
What is the application or allocation process?
Local or intermediate education agencies or consortia must apply to the SEA.
The formula for the distribution of funds to LEAs is based on the state's prior year share of the Title I funds (60 percent) and enrollment (40 percent).
Contact your state department of education to learn about the application process, timeliness, eligibility requirements, and when funds are disbursed.
Funding Process for Schools:
Formula-based funding
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
This information also appears at the US Department of Education:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpformula/index.html
Authorizing Legislation:
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1, 20 U.S.C. 7111-7117
Name: Robert Alexander
Phone: (202) 401-3354
Email: robert.alexander@ed.gov
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