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| | 2002-03 TUPE Information | Health Matters Newsletters | | ||||||||
| Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act |
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| Description On October 20, 1994, the President signed into law the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994, Public Law 103-382, which reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of (ESEA) of 1965. The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) of 1994 as Title IV, Part A of the IASA became effective on July 1, 1995. The SDFSCA is a critical part of the national systemic reform effort. It creates a comprehensive Federal effort in support of the seventh National Education Goal that all schools will be free of alcohol, drugs, violence, and the presence of firearms, and offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning by the year 2000. The Department of Alcohol and Drug Prevention Programs also receives funds from the SDFSCA to support community efforts to keep youth drug and alcohol free. |
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| Proposition 99, approved by the California voters in the November 1988 general election, increased, by 25 cents, the tax on each pack of cigarettes sold in the state. The 2000-01 Budget Act appropriates funds from the Tobacco Surtax Fund for several purposes, including tobacco-use prevention education in schools. The Tobacco Education Research and Oversight Committee (TEROC) serves as the body responsible for providing oversight and leadership to all tobacco prevention efforts in California.
Of the Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) funds allocated to the California Department of Education (CDE) for school-based tobacco-use prevention education programs, the Budget Act language requires 90 percent of the local assistance funds be allocated to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) for programs in schools. The remaining 10 percent of local assistance funds are used for innovative and promising projects, programs for Indian Education Centers, research, curricular support dissemination and accountability. The Department of Health Services (DHS) also receives anti-tobacco health education monies to fund a statewide media campaign and community tobacco-use prevention and reduction programs. Competitive grants are offered for projects targeting a number of groups, including school-age youth. Preventing tobacco use is an effective weapon in combating four of the five leading causes of death in California: heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease, and fires caused by smoking. |
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For more information on programs within the Hemet Unified School District: |
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| Dr. Richard Husband, Director, Grants and Programs Division of Educational Services 765-5100, ext. 2536 rhusband@hemetusd.k12.ca.us Valerie S. Velez, M.P.H. |
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