Safe and DrugFree Schools And Communities Act SDFSCA

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Safe and Drug-Free Schools And Communities Act
(SDFSCA)

• Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of
  1965
• As amended by the
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001
• Public Law 107-110

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Key Focus of Program Liaison

• Begins with frequent and ongoing communication
  between School Improvement Supervisors and School
  Districts
• Focus on concerns related to interpretations and
  execution of various aspects of the law
• Monitoring of school districts

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Partnership

• Cooperation and partnership are key to ADEs
  approach to grant administration
• Proactive, Not Reactive
• Keep in touch with the School Improvement
  Supervisor, School Districts and Grants Management

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Purpose of the SDFSCA

• Prevent violence in and around schools
• Prevent the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and
  drugs
• Involve parents and communities and
• Coordinated with related Federal, State, school
  and community efforts and resources to foster a
  safe and drug-free learning environment that
  promotes student academic achievement.

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Principles of Effectivenessprovides the
framework to assist States and local entities in
designing, implementing, evaluating high quality
programs and achieving measurable results.
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Principles of Effectiveness

• Must be based on
• An assessment of objective data regarding the
  incidence of violence and illegal drugs in both
  elementary and secondary schools as well as, the
  communities to be served.

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Principles of Effectiveness

• An established set of performance measures aimed
  at ensuring that schools and communities to be
  served have a safe, orderly, and drug-free
  learning environment.

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Principles of Effectiveness

• Scientifically based research demonstrating that
  the program to be used will reduce violence and
  illegal drug use.

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Principles of Effectiveness

• Analysis of data reasonably available at the time
  of the prevalence of risk factors including
• high or increasing rates of reported cases of
  child abuse and domestic violence
• protective factors buffers, assets
• other variables identified through scientifically
  based research that occur in schools and
  communities.

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Message and Materials

• Program must convey a clear and consistent
  message that illegal use of drugs and acts of
  violence are wrong and harmful.

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Private School Consultation

• Must consult during the design, development and
  implementation on issues such as
• How the childrens and teachers needs will be
  identified
• What services will be offered
• How, where and by whom the services will be
  provided

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Private School Consultation

• How the services will be assessed and how the
  results of the assessment will be used to improve
  those services
• The size and scope of the equitable services
• The amount of funds available for those services
• How and when the LEA will make decisions about
  the delivery of services.

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Private School Consultation

• Thorough consideration and analysis of the
  views of the private school officials on the
  provision of contract services through potential
  third-party providers

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Obligation Period

• Grantees have 27 months to obligate funds

2007-2008 State Grant Award 2,558,373.00
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• Funds are forwarded and awarded July 3 months
  before the start of the fiscal year in October
  (July-to-October)
• 12 months from the date of award (July-to-July)
• Plus an additional 12 months known as the Tydings
  period

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Carryover of Funds by LEAs

• An LEA may
• Keep up to 25 percent of its allocation for the
  following fiscal year.
• Retain an amount greater than 25 percent of its
  fiscal year allocation for use in the following
  year if it can demonstrate, to the satisfaction
  of the SEA that it has good cause for such a
  carryover.
• Section 4114 (a)(3) of the SDFSCA

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Administrative Funds

• LEAs may use no more than two (2) percent of
  their allocation to carry out the administrative
  responsibilities associated with the
  implementation of these programs.
• Section 4114 (a)(2)

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Cap on Spending

• An LEA may use up to 40 percent of its allocation
  to support the activities described in clauses
  (a) through (e), but not more than half of that
  amount (or a maximum of 20 percent) may be used
  to support the activities described in clauses
  (a) through (d). LEAs may use the entire 40
  percent to support the hiring and training
  activities in clause (e).
• Section 4115 (b)(2)(E)

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Cap on Spending

• Acquiring and installing metal detectors,
  electronic locks, surveillance cameras or other
  related equipment and technologies
• Reporting criminal offenses committed on school
  property
• Developing and implementing comprehensive school
  security plans or obtaining technical assistance
  concerning those plans

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Cap on Spending

• Supporting safe zones of passage activities,
  including bicycle and pedestrian safety programs,
  that ensure that students can travel safely to
  and from school
• Hiring and mandatory training of school security
  personnel who interact with students in support
  of youth drug and violence prevention activities
  implemented in schools.

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Drug Testing

• May Title IV funds be used for
• Drug testing students and employees?
• Background checks of employees?

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• Allowable activities include tests that are at
  the request, or have the consent, of parents or
  legal guardians. Inspections of students lockers
  for weapons or illegal drugs may also be
  conducted.
• Section 4115 (b)(2)(E) of the SDFSCA states
  Authorized LEA activities include testing
  students for illegal drugs, consistent with the
  Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

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Monitoring

• Administrative and fiscal management
• Determining a grantees adherence to applicable
  laws, regulations, and the terms and conditions
  of the award,
• Providing technical assistance to grantees,

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Monitoring

• Determining whether a grantee has made
  substantial progress by accomplishing the goals
  and objectives of the project and
• Using the grantees evaluation plan to measure
  progress against predefined benchmarks and
  timelines.

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Program Resources

• Statue-Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 of the ESEA of
  1965, as amended by the NCLB Act, Public Law
• Title IX of the ESEA (General Provisions)
• Education Department General Administrative
  Regulations (EDGAR)
• Title IV Non-Regulatory Guidance
• OMB Circulars A87-Cost Principles

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Program Websites

• U.S. Department of Education http//www.ed.gov/pr
  ograms/dvpgovgrants/legislation.html
• EDGAR-Parts 76-77, 79-82, 85, 97-99
  http//www.ed.gov/policy/fund/reg/edgarReg/edgar.h
  tml
• OMB Circulars A-87 and A-133 http//www.whitehou
  se.gov/omb/circulars/index.html

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Contact

• Otistene Smith, Federal Programs Liaison
• Safe Drug Free School Program Advisor
• 4 Capitol Mall, Room 304B
• Little Rock, AR 72118
• 501-683-5425 - Phone
• 501-683-5409 - Fax
• Otistene.Smith_at_arkansas.gov