The Florida Senate

233.0663  Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program.--There is hereby recognized the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program which may be implemented in the public elementary schools in the state to prevent drug and alcohol use among school-age children. All funds made available for the purposes of this program shall be administered and disbursed by the Department of Law Enforcement in consultation with the D.A.R.E. Board of Directors established pursuant to s. 233.0664. The Department of Law Enforcement, in consultation with the D.A.R.E. Board of Directors, is authorized to utilize funds made available for the purposes of this program for training programs and materials in support of local law enforcement agencies and school districts working jointly to implement the D.A.R.E. Program in substantial compliance with program policies and criteria and to adopt rules, policies, and procedures necessary to assure the proper utilization of such funds, to promote substantial compliance with the program policies and criteria, and to otherwise administer the D.A.R.E. Program consistent with this section.

History.--s. 3, ch. 89-172; s. 2, ch. 90-192; s. 43, ch. 91-105; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 1284, ch. 95-147; s. 38, ch. 97-190.