1.This Act may be cited as
the Drug Free Varsity Sports Act of
2005
.
2.
Pilot drug-testing programs for performance-enhancing drugs
(a)The
purpose of this section is to supplement the other student drug-testing
programs assisted by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools of the Department
of Education by establishing, through the Office, a grant program that will
allow State educational agencies to test secondary school students for
performance-enhancing drug use.
(b)The Secretary of Education, acting through the
Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, shall
award, on a competitive basis, grants to State educational agencies to enable
the State educational agencies to develop and carry out statewide pilot
programs that test secondary school students for performance-enhancing drug
use.
(c)A
State educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this section
shall submit an application to the Secretary of Education at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(d)In
awarding grants under this section, the Secretary of Education shall give
priority to State educational agencies that incorporate community organizations
in carrying out the recovery, counseling, and treatment programs described in
subsection (e)(1)(B).
(e)
(1)Drug-testing
program for performance-enhancing drugsA State educational
agency that receives a grant under this section shall use not more than 90
percent of the grant funds to carry out the following:
(A)Implement a
drug-testing program for performance-enhancing drugs that is limited to testing
secondary school students who meet 1 or more of the following criteria:
(i)The
student participates in the school’s athletic program.
(ii)The student is
engaged in a competitive, extracurricular, school-sponsored activity.
(iii)The student and
the student's parent or guardian provides written consent for the student to
participate in a voluntary random drug-testing program for
performance-enhancing drugs.
(B)Provide recovery,
counseling, and treatment programs for secondary school students tested in the
program who test positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
(2)A
State educational agency that receives a grant under this section shall use not
less than 10 percent of the grant funds to establish statewide policies that
discourage the use of performance-enhancing drugs, through educational or other
related means.
(f)For
each year of the grant period, a State educational agency that receives a grant
under this section shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Assistant
Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools on the impact of
the pilot program, which report shall include—
(1)the number and
percentage of students who test positive for performance-enhancing
drugs;
(2)the cost of the
pilot program; and
(3)a description of
any barriers to the pilot program, as well as aspects of the pilot program that
were successful.
(g)In
this section, the terms State educational agency and
secondary school have the meanings given the terms in section 9101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(h)Authorization
of appropriations
(1)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
(2)The Secretary of Education shall keep any funds authorized
for this section under paragraph (1) separate from any funds available to the
Secretary for other student drug-testing programs.