The Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Regulations (DFSCR) requires that all colleges and universities that receive Title IV (and certain other education) funds
Understanding how to prepare and distribute the annual written notice and conduct the biennial review can be a challenge. To help campuses comply, the Center for Advanced Research in Reducing the Impact of Violence in Education (ARRIVE) at The State University of New York and the Student Conduct Institute have developed a detailed, step-by-step explainer of the process.
Complying with the Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Regulations (DFSCR)
This guidance document includes charts showing both the legal requirements for the written notice and best practices for how to draft a notice that students and employees will understand. There are also suggestions for how to best distribute the notice so that students and employees receive it and your campus can maintain accurate records of receipt.
The guidance also provides up-to-date information on federal trafficking penalties for Schedule I – V drugs and appendices with sample language that campuses may use or adapt about the health risks of alcohol and controlled substances, including drug facilitated sexual assault drugs.
Our thanks to Joseph Storch, Associate Counsel at the SUNY Office of General Counsel and Principal Investigator for the Student Conduct Institute, for leading this project, and to Office of General Counsel Interns Elizabeth Getz, Albert Jung, and Nicholas Zazzi for their research assistance. Morgan Clifford, Operations Program Coordinator at the ARRIVE Center and SUNY’s Got Your Back, designed the layout and Adam Wolkoff, Assistant Director of the Student Conduct Institute, reviewed.