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Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§1011h Binge drinking on college campuses

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part Part B— - Additional General Provisions › § 1011h

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Urges colleges to take steps to cut down binge drinking and illegal alcohol use on campus. The college president should set up a task force made up of administrators, faculty, students, Greek-life members, and others to study student and academic life. That group should give recommendations for policies and programs to reduce alcohol and drug problems, and the school should give the group money or help to promote those ideas. Colleges should give students lots of alcohol-free housing and fun alcohol-free activities. They should have a strict rule against illegal student drinking and enforce discipline for rule-breakers. Students with alcohol or drug problems should be sent for help, including campus counseling when needed. Schools should discourage alcohol sponsorships and ads on campus, and work with the local town to encourage responsible alcohol policies and stop illegal student drinking.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §1011h

Education — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)This section may be cited as the “Collegiate Initiative To Reduce Binge Drinking and Illegal Alcohol Consumption”.
(b)It is the sense of Congress that, in an effort to change the culture of alcohol consumption on college campuses, all institutions of higher education should carry out the following:
(1)The president of the institution should appoint a task force consisting of school administrators, faculty, students, Greek system representatives, and others to conduct a full examination of student and academic life at the institution. The task force should make recommendations for a broad range of policy and program changes that would serve to reduce alcohol and other drug-related problems. The institution should provide resources to assist the task force in promoting the campus policies and proposed environmental changes that have been identified.
(2)The institution should provide maximum opportunities for students to live in an alcohol-free environment and to engage in stimulating, alcohol-free recreational and leisure activities.
(3)The institution should enforce a “zero tolerance” policy on the illegal consumption of alcohol by students at the institution.
(4)The institution should vigorously enforce the institution’s code of disciplinary sanctions for those who violate campus alcohol policies. Students with alcohol or other drug-related problems should be referred for assistance, including on-campus counseling programs if appropriate.
(5)The institution should adopt a policy to discourage alcoholic beverage-related sponsorship of on-campus activities. It should adopt policies limiting the advertisement and promotion of alcoholic beverages on campus.
(6)The institution should work with the local community, including local businesses, in a “Town/Gown” alliance to encourage responsible policies toward alcohol consumption and to address illegal alcohol use by students.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 1011h, Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 129, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title I, § 101, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 465, authorized appropriations to carry out the articulation agreements grant program, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–244.

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20 U.S.C. § 1011h

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73