,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ah1 #bjbc,mr4  
,mooney 7for himself and ,mr4 ,vicente  
,gonzalez of ,texas7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,secretary of ,education to develop and 
disseminate an evidence-based curriculum
 for kindergarten through grade #ab on  
the dangers of vaping and misusing      
opioids1 synthetic drugs1 and related   
substances4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,saving ,america's 
,future by ,educating ,kids ,act of     
#bjbc4  #b4 ,evidence-based curriculum  
on substance use disorders  7a7 ,in     
general  7#a7 ,development and          
dissemination of curriculum ,the        
,secretary of ,education1 in            
consultation with the partners described
 in paragraph 7#b71 shall develop and   
disseminate an evidence-based curriculum
 for kindergarten through grade #ab on  

educating students at an age-appropriate
 level on the dangers and harmful       
impacts of substances that focuses on   
opioids1 vaping1 synthetic drugs1 and   
other related substances of misuse4     
7#b7 ,partners ,the partners described  
in this paragraph are the following3    
7,a7 ,the ,assistant ,secretary of the  
,substance ,abuse and ,mental ,health   
,services ,administration4  7,b7 ,the   
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention4  7,c7 ,the    
,assistant ,secretary of the            
,administration for ,children and       
,families4  7,d7 ,the ,commissioner of  
,food and ,drugs4  7,e7 ,the ,director  
of the ,national ,institute on ,drug    
,abuse or a designee of the ,director   
from the ,national ,institute on ,drug  
,abuse4  7,f7 ,the ,director of the     
,national ,institute on ,alcohol ,abuse 
and ,alcoholism or a designee of the    
,director from the ,national ,institute 
on ,alcohol ,abuse and ,alcoholism4     
7,g7 ,the ,administrator of the ,office 

of ,juvenile ,justice and ,delinquency  
,prevention of the ,department of       
,justice or a designee of the           
,administrator from the ,office of      
,juvenile ,justice and ,delinquency     
,prevention4  7,h7 ,the ,director of the
 ,office of ,national ,drug ,control    
,policy4  7#c7 ,additional consultation 
,the ,secretary of ,education may also  
consult with ,state educational         
agencies1 local educational agencies1   
and single ,state agencies during the   
development of the evidence-based       
curriculum under paragraph 7#a74  7#d7  
,review and update ,the ,secretary of   
,education1 in consultation with the    
partners described in paragraph 7#b71   
shall review and update the             
evidence-based curriculum developed     
under paragraph 7#a7 every #b years4    
7b7 ,competitive grant program  7#a7 ,in
 general ,beginning the first fiscal    
year following the completion of the    
development of the evidence-based       
curriculum under subsection 7a77#a71 the

 ,secretary of ,education1 in           
consultation with the ,assistant        
,secretary for ,mental ,health and      
,substance ,use1 shall award grants1 on 
a competitive basis1 to ,state          
educational agencies to enable the      
,state educational agencies to implement
 the evidence-based curriculum4 ,the    
,secretary of ,education shall award not
 less than #aj grants during each grant 
cycle4  7#b7 ,application ,a ,state     
educational agency that desires to      
receive a grant under this subsection   
shall submit an application to the      
,secretary of ,education at such time1  
in such manner1 and accompanied by such 
information as the ,secretary may       
require4  7#c7 ,preference ,in awarding 
grants under this subsection1 the       
,secretary of ,education shall give     
preference to ,states that have         
experienced the highest drug overdose   
death rates4  7#d7 ,subcontract ,a      
,state educational agency that receives 
a grant under this subsection may       

subcontract with community coalitions   
that are currently1 as of the date of   
application1 a recipient of a grant     
under section #ajcb of the ,anti-,drug  
,abuse ,act of #aihh 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4     
#aecb71 to implement the evidence-based 
curriculum1 as needed4  7#e7 ,annual    
report ,each ,state educational agency  
that receives a grant under this        
subsection shall provide an annual      
report to the ,secretary of ,education  
and the ,assistant ,secretary for       
,mental ,health and ,substance ,use on  
the ,state educational agency's         
curriculum implementation progress and  
program reach1 in order to monitor the  
quality of implementation of the        
evidence-based curriculum4  7c7         
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,evidence-based ,the term evidence-based
 has the meaning given the term in      
section #haja of the ,elementary and    
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74  7#b7 ,single ,state 
agency ,the term single ,state agency   

means the ,state agency responsible for 
administering the substance abuse       
prevention and treatment block grant    
under subpart ,,ii of part ,b of title  
,,xix of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjx-#ba et seq474 
7#c7 ,state educational agency ,the term
 ,state educational agency has the      
meaning given the term in section #haja 
of the ,elementary and ,secondary       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7d7 ,funding ,there are        
authorized to be appropriated to carry  
out this section such sums as may be    
necessary for the period of fiscal years
 #bjbd through #bjcc4