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Arts Education and School Improvement Resources for Local and State Leaders -- April 1997 (Updated March 1999)

SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES STATE GRANTS

(202) 260-3954 or State Department of Education or Governor's Office

These grants provide assistance to governors and states to establish, operate, and improve local programs of drug and violence prevention in elementary and secondary schools.

Program Office Contact: Ask for your state representative at (202) 260-3954
Legislation: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part A, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 7111-7143
Type of Assistance: formula grants to state departments of education and governors' offices. Local or intermediate education agencies or consortia must apply to state education agency. Local education agencies and other public entities and private nonprofit entities must apply to governor's office.
FY 99 Appropriation: $441 million

Districts that want to use the arts as a medium for teaching drug abuse and violence prevention may use their Safe and Drug-free Schools funds. Some Department leadership funds currently are supporting a national initiative featuring ways in which the arts and humanities can be incorporated into school-based drug and violence prevention efforts.

Living Literature/Colors United, Inc. (LLCU) is a non-profit, education-based performing and visual arts program in Los Angeles, California which incorporates instruction in literature, history and the social sciences with artistic performance and related visual arts instruction. High schools with LLCU programs have seen decreases in truancy and violence and participating students have a 100 per cent graduation rate and 90 per cent go on to college.

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Last Updated -- March 10, 1999, (pjk)