Title 25IndiansRelease 119-73

§1621n Comprehensive school health education programs

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - INDIAN HEALTH CARE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - HEALTH SERVICES › § 1621n

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to Indian tribes to create school health education programs for children in preschool through grade 12 on reservations. Grants can pay to make health lessons, train teachers, connect school and community health services, and promote tobacco-free schools. They can also fund programs on nutrition, personal health and fitness, mental health, chronic disease prevention, substance abuse prevention, accident and safety education, communicable disease prevention, and community and environmental health. The Secretary must help tribes with technical support, set rules for approving grant applications, and require yearly reports that show schools and students served, new curricula, teachers trained, and parent and community involvement. The Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and working with the Secretary, must set up a similar preschool–12 health program for schools the Bureau runs. That program must cover the same topics, train teachers, coordinate with community health services, and encourage tobacco-free schools. The law authorized $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and whatever amounts are needed for each fiscal year 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1621n

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Service and in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, may award grants to Indian tribes to develop comprehensive school health education programs for children from preschool through grade 12 in schools located on Indian reservations.
(b)Grants awarded under this section may be used to—
(1)develop health education curricula;
(2)train teachers in comprehensive school health education curricula;
(3)integrate school-based, community-based, and other public and private health promotion efforts;
(4)encourage healthy, tobacco-free school environments;
(5)coordinate school-based health programs with existing services and programs available in the community;
(6)develop school programs on nutrition education, personal health, and fitness;
(7)develop mental health wellness programs;
(8)develop chronic disease prevention programs;
(9)develop substance abuse prevention programs;
(10)develop accident prevention and safety education programs;
(11)develop activities for the prevention and control of communicable diseases; and
(12)develop community and environmental health education programs.
(c)The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to Indian tribes in the development of health education plans, and the dissemination of health education materials and information on existing health programs and resources.
(d)The Secretary shall establish criteria for the review and approval of applications for grants made pursuant to this section.
(e)Recipients of grants under this section shall submit to the Secretary an annual report on activities undertaken with funds provided under this section. Such reports shall include a statement of—
(1)the number of preschools, elementary schools, and secondary schools served;
(2)the number of students served;
(3)any new curricula established with funds provided under this section;
(4)the number of teachers trained in the health curricula; and
(5)the involvement of parents, members of the community, and community health workers in programs established with funds provided under this section.
(f)(1)The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in cooperation with the Secretary, shall develop a comprehensive school health education program for children from preschool through grade 12 in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(2)Such program shall include—
(A)school programs on nutrition education, personal health, and fitness;
(B)mental health wellness programs;
(C)chronic disease prevention programs;
(D)substance abuse prevention programs;
(E)accident prevention and safety education programs; and
(F)activities for the prevention and control of communicable diseases.
(3)The Secretary of the Interior shall—
(A)provide training to teachers in comprehensive school health education curricula;
(B)ensure the integration and coordination of school-based programs with existing services and health programs available in the community; and
(C)encourage healthy, tobacco-free school environments.
(g)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1621n

Title 25Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73