 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
        SUBCHAPTER IV--SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
 
    Part \1\A--State Grants for Drug and Violence Prevention Programs
 
    subpart 1--state grants for drug and violence prevention programs
 
Sec. 7117. Evaluation and reporting


(a) National impact evaluation

                       (1) Biennial evaluation

        The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
    Human Services, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
    Policy, and the Attorney General, shall conduct an independent 
    biennial evaluation of the national impact of programs assisted 
    under this subpart and of other recent and new initiatives to combat 
    violence in schools and submit a report of the findings of such 
    evaluation to the President and the Congress.

                         (2) Data collection

        (A) The National Center for Education Statistics shall collect 
    data to determine the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of 
    violence in elementary and secondary schools in the States. The 
    Secretary shall collect the data using, wherever appropriate, data 
    submitted by the States pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B) of this 
    section.
        (B) Not later than January 1, 1998, the Secretary shall submit 
    to the Congress a report on the data collected under this 
    subsection, together with such recommendations as the Secretary 
    determines appropriate, including estimated costs for implementing 
    any recommendation.

(b) State report

                           (1) In general

        By October 1, 1997, and every third year thereafter, the chief 
    executive officer of the State, in cooperation with the State 
    educational agency, shall submit to the Secretary a report--
            (A) on the implementation and outcomes of State programs 
        under section 7114 of this title and section 7113(b) of this 
        title and local educational agency programs under section 
        7113(d) of this title, as well as an assessment of their 
        effectiveness; and
            (B) on the State's progress toward attaining its goals for 
        drug and violence prevention under subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) 
        of section 7112 of this title.

                          (2) Special rule

        The report required by this subsection shall be--
            (A) in the form specified by the Secretary;
            (B) based on the State's ongoing evaluation activities, and 
        shall include data on the prevalence of drug use and violence by 
        youth in schools and communities; and
            (C) made readily available to the public.

(c) Local educational agency report

    Each local educational agency receiving funds under this subpart 
shall submit to the State educational agency such information, and at 
such intervals, that the State requires to complete the State report 
required by subsection (b) of this section, including information on the 
prevalence of drug use and violence by youth in the schools and the 
community. Such information shall be made readily available to the 
public.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title IV, Sec. 4117, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3685.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7111, 7112, 7131 of this 
title.
