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All Title IV, Part A activities and programs must comply with Principles of Effectiveness and foster a safe and drug-free learning environment that supports academic achievement.

Principle 1: Assessments - A grant recepient shall base its SDFSC Program on an assessment of objective data concerning the drug and violence problems in the schools and communities served.

Principle 2: Performance Measures - A grant recipient shall with the assistance of local or regional consultation with required representation, which includes community representatives, establish a set of performance measures aimed at ensuring that schools and communities served have a safe, orderly, and drug-free learning environment.

Principle 3: Scientifically Based Research - A grant recipient shall design and implement its SDFSC activities for youth based on scientifically based research that provides evidence that the strategies used prevent or reduce drug use and violence.

Principle 4: Analysis of Factors - A grant recipient shall base its SDFSC program on an analysis of the prevalence of risk and protective factors, buffers, assets, or other variables identified through scientifically based research.

Principle 5: Consultation - A grant recipient shall include meaningful protective factors, buffers, assets, or other variables in schools and communities in hte state identified through scientifically and ongoing consultation with, and imput from, parents in the development of the application and administration of the SDFSC program.

Principle 6: Evaluation - A grant recipient shall evaluate its drug prevention and violence prevention periodically to assess progress toward achieving its established performance measures. The evaluation results shall be used to refine, improve, and strengthen its program, and shall also be made available to the public upon request with public notice of such availability provided.