---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1621n"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1621n"
heading: "Comprehensive school health education programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1621n"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter II — Health Services"
---

# §1621n. Comprehensive school health education programs

- (a) **Award of grants—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17), acting through the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) and in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) of the Interior, may award grants to [Indian tribes](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) to develop comprehensive school health education programs for children from preschool through grade 12 in schools located on [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) [reservations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=16-A).
- (b) **Use of grants—** 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](/usc/25/1603.md?p=11) efforts;
  - (4) encourage healthy, tobacco-free school environments;
  - (5) coordinate school-based health programs with existing [services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) 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](/usc/25/1603.md?p=7-A) programs;
  - (9) develop [substance abuse](/usc/25/1603.md?p=21) 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) **Assistance—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall provide technical assistance to [Indian tribes](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) in the development of health education plans, and the dissemination of health education materials and information on existing health programs and resources.
- (d) **Criteria for review and approval of applications—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall establish criteria for the review and approval of applications for grants made pursuant to this section.
- (e) **Report of recipient—** Recipients of grants under this section shall submit to the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) 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) **Program development—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) Affairs and in cooperation with the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17), shall develop a comprehensive school health education program for children from preschool through grade 12 in schools operated by the Bureau of [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) 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](/usc/25/1603.md?p=7-A) programs;
    - (D) [substance abuse](/usc/25/1603.md?p=21) prevention programs;
    - (E) accident prevention and safety education programs; and
    - (F) activities for the prevention and control of communicable diseases.
  - (3) The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) 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](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) and health programs available in the community; and
    - (C) encourage healthy, tobacco-free school environments.
- (g) **Authorization of appropriations—** 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.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 215, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 211, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4553.)