Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 20 : Section 7161


   
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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