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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 7161. Definitions
In this part:
(1) Controlled substance
The term "controlled substance" means a drug or other substance
identified under Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V in section 812(c)
of title 21.
(2) Drug
The term "drug" includes controlled substances; the illegal use
of alcohol and tobacco; and the harmful, abusive, or addictive
use of substances, including inhalants and anabolic steroids.
(3) Drug and violence prevention
The term "drug and violence prevention" means -
(A) with respect to drugs, prevention, early intervention,
rehabilitation referral, or education related to the illegal
use of drugs;
(B) with respect to violence, the promotion of school safety,
such that students and school personnel are free from violent
and disruptive acts, including sexual harassment and abuse, and
victimization associated with prejudice and intolerance, on
school premises, going to and from school, and at
school-sponsored activities, through the creation and
maintenance of a school environment that is free of weapons and
fosters individual responsibility and respect for the rights of
others.
(4) Hate crime
The term "hate crime" means a crime as described in section
1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990.
(5) Nonprofit
The term "nonprofit", as applied to a school, agency,
organization, or institution means a school, agency,
organization, or institution owned and operated by one or more
nonprofit corporations or associations, no part of the net
earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit
of any private shareholder or individual.
(6) Protective factor, buffer, or asset
The terms "protective factor", "buffer", and "asset" mean any
one of a number of the community, school, family, or
peer-individual domains that are known, through prospective,
longitudinal research efforts, or which are grounded in a
well-established theoretical model of prevention, and have been
shown to prevent alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drug use, as well
as violent behavior, by youth in the community, and which promote
positive youth development.
(7) Risk factor
The term "risk factor" means any one of a number of
characteristics of the community, school, family, or
peer-individual domains that are known, through prospective,
longitudinal research efforts, to be predictive of alcohol,
tobacco, and illegal drug use, as well as violent behavior, by
youth in the school and community.
(8) School-aged population
The term "school-aged population" means the population aged
five through 17, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of
the most recent satisfactory data available from the Department
of Commerce.
(9) School based mental health services provider
The term "school based mental health services provider"
includes a State licensed or State certified school counselor,
school psychologist, school social worker, or other State
licensed or certified mental health professional qualified under
State law to provide such services to children and adolescents.
(10) School personnel
The term "school personnel" includes teachers, principals,
administrators, counselors, social workers, psychologists,
nurses, librarians, and other support staff who are employed by a
school or who perform services for the school on a contractual
basis.
(11) School resource officer
The term "school resource officer" means a career law
enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community
oriented policing, and assigned by the employing police
department to a local educational agency to work in collaboration
with schools and community based organizations to -
(A) educate students in crime and illegal drug use prevention
and safety;
(B) develop or expand community justice initiatives for
students; and
(C) train students in conflict resolution, restorative
justice, and crime and illegal drug use awareness.
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