Safe and Drug Free Schools State Tobacco

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Safe and Drug Free SchoolsState Tobacco Title
IV Guidance

• Requirements for
• 2008 Evaluation
• 2009 Application

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Safe and Drug Free Schools Intent

• Provide support programs and activities that
• Prevent violence in and around schools
• Prevent the illegal use of ATOD
• Involve parents and communities
• Coordinate with other funding streams and efforts
  to foster a safe and drug free learning
  environment

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2008 Evaluation Reporting

• Goals Objectives
• Complete the far right hand column (Year End
  Performance Indicators)
• Indicate whether or not each objective was met
  and include supporting documentation (numbers and
  percentages related to incident reports, climate
  survey, etc) or explanation of why activity did
  not occur

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Budget Reporting

• 2008 budgets can be found at
• http//www.sde.idaho.gov/datacollection/SDFSBudget
  s/default.asp
• Complete actual expenditures in all budget
  categories
• If discrepancies arise a budget revision request
  must be submitted for approval
• http//www.sde.idaho.gov/sdfs/docs/Grants/RevisedB
  RF.doc

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Budget Reporting Continued

• To avoid the need for corrections-
• Provide details in brief description section
• Include grade levels and number of students
  served in all sections (even if not funded by
  SDFS)
• Required field
• If a listed program was not used, please indicate
• In Staff Development, list name of workshop /
  conference attended
• Include all volunteer involvement events, use
  estimates if need be

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Student Assistance Programs

• For districts with SAPs, complete the evaluation
  tools and submit with evaluation packet- no
  changes

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Incident Reports

• Incident reporting (building level)
• Instructions and forms (18, 19, 20, 21A 21B)
  can be found at
• http//www.sde.idaho.gov/DataCollection/SDFSTracki
  ng/Default.htm
• Principals use their accreditation password to
  access
• SDFS Coordinators are responsible for ensuring
  accurate, timely reporting and that assurance
  forms are complete (contact SDFS office if
  password is needed)
• All material due to SDFS state office by June
  20th

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New Reporting Requirements

• Incidents related to Marijuana, Methamphetamine,
  RX, OTC, and Inhalants
• If not tracked this year, input all drug related
  incidents on the Other Drugs section
• Plan on tracking these next school year

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Advisory Board

• Submit SDFS Advisory Board membership, meeting
  dates and minutes / summaries
• Requirement of three meetings per year

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Drug Testing

• Complete the bottom of the drug testing form
  indicating
• of students tested
• of positive tests
• Cost per kit
• Overall cost for drug testing (kits, lab,
  administering, etc)
• If no drug testing program was implemented, no
  report is needed

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2009 Funding Scheme

• District allocations are based on
• Title IVA (1.5 million- estimated)
• 60 Title I
• 40 ADA
• State Tobacco Tax (5.5 million- estimated)
• Base of 1,500
• 100 Enrollment

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2009 SDFS Application

• Use the checklist as a guide
• Goals, objectives and action strategies (CIP
  tool)
• Program inventory
• Budget
• Advisory board
• Drug testing

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Principles of Effectiveness

• SDFS programs must be
• Based on an assessment of objective data about
  the drug and violence problems in the schools and
  communities that are served.
• Based on performance measures aimed at ensuring
  that these schools and communities have a safe,
  orderly, and drug-free learning environment.

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Principles of Effectiveness

• Grounded in scientifically-based research that
  provides the program to be used will reduce
  violence and illegal drug use.
• Based on analysis of prevalence of risk factors,
  protective factors, buffers, assets, or other
  variables, identified through scientifically-base
  d research that exists in the schools and
  communities in the State.

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Principles of Effectiveness

• Include consultation with and input from parents
  and students when appropriate. (SDFS Advisory
  Board)
• Evaluated periodically against locally selected
  performance measures, and modified over time
  (based on the evaluation) to refine, improve, and
  strengthen the program.

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2009 SDFS Application

• Goals, Objectives and Action Strategies
• Consolidated Plan Builder, Action Plan, Overall
  Goals Objectives Action Strategies
• Goals 11 and 12 relate to SDFS
• Objectives (what do you want to happen?)
  Increase peaceful conflict resolution / problem
  solving skills- decrease fights by 20
• Take Action (how will you do it?) Implement the
  Second Step program at the middle school
• Evaluation (how will you measure success?)
  Incident Reporting, School Climate Survey

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Program Inventory

• Can be found at http//www.sde.state.id.us/Safe/
  SDFSBudgets/
• Used to identify research based best practices
  and promising approaches being implemented in
  Idaho
• Pre-populated with the previous years inputs
• Add or delete as your priorities and strategies
  shift related to recent data
• Programs are automatically reflected in the
  appropriate budget sections

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Budget

• Staffing
• Include position titles and job descriptions
• Include Brief Descriptions for all programs
• Delineate funding sources (state, fed, other)
• Allocate your entire award
• Allocations are estimates, confirmation will
  occur in June / July

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New Incident Reporting Requirements

• For 2009 (from USDOE)-
• Out-of-School Suspensions and Expulsions for
  Violent Incident without Physical Injury
• Out-of-School Suspensions and Expulsions for
  Violent Incident with Physical Injury
• These will be included in the 2009 evaluation
  report

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SDFS Advisory Board

• Intended to create a community approach
• Application must include participant list and
  meeting dates
• Must include parents
• Students strongly recommended
• Include a range of community sectors (faith
  based, law enforcement, NPOs, etc)
• Legislators from your area strongly recommended
• It is clear that the legislature is largely
  unaware of SDFS efforts, continued funding is
  dependent upon legislative understanding and
  support!

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Drug Testing

• Complete top part of form (bottom portion is
  completed at years end)
• A policy must be in place and adhered to (common
  parent complaint area)
• Must be part of a comprehensive effort
• Statewide training available in 2009- case law
  history policy examples

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Private Schools

• Districts must offer SDFS services to private
  schools
• List of private schools are available from SDE
• Sample letter and instruction are available on
  the SDFS data library http//www.sde.idaho.gov/sdf
  s/freelibrary.asp
• Per EDGAR 76.652

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On Assessments

• Per Idaho State Requirement
• All state funded drug and alcohol assessments
  must be or incorporate the GAIN tool.

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Submission

• Print all parts of application and evaluation
  including district level incident report (use
  landscape for budget pages)
• Submit to SDFS State office by June 20th, 2008
• Communication from SDE regarding
  information/corrections will be conducted through
  the CIP tool communication mechanism
• Contact our offices for more information or
  further clarification

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Contact Information

• Matt McCarter, Coordinator
• Safe Drug Free Schools
• 21st CCLC
• [phone]
• mamccarter_at_sde.idaho.gov