§ 1621n. — Comprehensive school health education programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1621n]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 18--INDIAN HEALTH CARE
SUBCHAPTER II--HEALTH SERVICES
Sec. 1621n. Comprehensive school health education programs
(a) Award of grants
The Secretary, acting through the Service and in consultation with
the Secretary of the Interior, may award grants to Indian tribes to
develop comprehensive school health education programs for children from
preschool through grade 12 in schools located on Indian reservations.
(b) Use of grants
Grants awarded under this section may be used to--
(1) develop health education curricula;
(2) train teachers in comprehensive school health education
curricula;
(3) integrate school-based, community-based, and other public
and private health promotion efforts;
(4) encourage healthy, tobacco-free school environments;
(5) coordinate school-based health programs with existing
services and programs available in the community;
(6) develop school programs on nutrition education, personal
health, and fitness;
(7) develop mental health wellness programs;
(8) develop chronic disease prevention programs;
(9) develop substance abuse prevention programs;
(10) develop accident prevention and safety education programs;
(11) develop activities for the prevention and control of
communicable diseases; and
(12) develop community and environmental health education
programs.
(c) Assistance
The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to Indian tribes in
the development of health education plans, and the dissemination of
health education materials and information on existing health programs
and resources.
(d) Criteria for review and approval of applications
The Secretary shall establish criteria for the review and approval
of applications for grants made pursuant to this section.
(e) Report of recipient
Recipients of grants under this section shall submit to the
Secretary an annual report on activities undertaken with funds provided
under this section. Such reports shall include a statement of--
(1) the number of preschools, elementary schools, and secondary
schools served;
(2) the number of students served;
(3) any new curricula established with funds provided under this
section;
(4) the number of teachers trained in the health curricula; and
(5) the involvement of parents, members of the community, and
community health workers in programs established with funds provided
under this section.
(f) Program development
(1) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and in cooperation with the Secretary, shall develop a
comprehensive school health education program for children from
preschool through grade 12 in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
(2) Such program shall include--
(A) school programs on nutrition education, personal health, and
fitness;
(B) mental health wellness programs;
(C) chronic disease prevention programs;
(D) substance abuse prevention programs;
(E) accident prevention and safety education programs; and
(F) activities for the prevention and control of communicable
diseases.
(3) The Secretary of the Interior shall--
(A) provide training to teachers in comprehensive school health
education curricula;
(B) ensure the integration and coordination of school-based
programs with existing services and health programs available in the
community; and
(C) encourage healthy, tobacco-free school environments.
(g) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
(Pub. L. 94-437, title II, Sec. 215, as added Pub. L. 102-573, title II,
Sec. 211, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4553.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1621w of this title.
