Schreiner University Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Prevention ...

Schreiner University Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Prevention
Program
(Revised August, 2012)
General Statements on Contents of the Biennial Reivew:
The Biennial review should be completed by July 30 of even numbered years, and the
report should cover that calendar year and the previous odd-numbered year as well.
(Note: while federal law requires a report every two years, Schreiner University finds it
more convenient to prepare the report annually.)
There are two objectives to the review: 1. to determine effectiveness of and to
implement any needed changes to the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) prevention
program 2. To ensure that campuses enforce the disciplinary sanctions for violating
standards of conduct consistently.
The Biennial review should have a clear description of AOD related problems, strategic
interventions, and desired outcomes. A sound evaluation plan is critical to determining
the evidence basis or programs.
The Biennial review should list all of the activities that compose their prevention
program and identify the effectiveness of these efforts at meeting prevention goals and
outcomes.
The Biennial review is best achieved through a task force of a diverse representation of
campus employees, including Residential life, campus security, health, judicial,
athletics, and other staff. When necessary a smaller sub-committee can prepare the
report.
The Biennial review should conduct a policy inventory and then judge the policies for
effectiveness and consistent enforcement. For example, all types of students should be
held to the same policy standards and sanctioned similarly. The review should assess
whether goals and outcomes are moving the University in the desired direction.
The Biennial review should include materials to complement the report, include
information on program effectiveness, detail the goals and achievements, include
recommendations for revision.
The Biennial review should describe the program elements and activities implemented
to achieve goals and outcomes. Elements may refer to the five strategical
environmental intervention areas: alcohol-free options, alcohol-free college experience
as norm, unavailability of alcohol, prohibition of marketing of alcohol, and development

of policies that consistently enforce laws. The Biennial review should also include the
supplemental checklist provided by the Department of Education.
The Biennial review should give a statement of AOD program goals and a discussion of
goal achievement. Outcomes are measurable statements of the increases in positive
behaviors and degreases in negative behaviors that are expected when program goals
are met.
The Biennial Review should provide a summary of AOD program strengths and
weaknesses. These may include infrastructure supports such as administrative
leadership, adequate budget, campus and community coalition, etc. Program
weaknesses are areas that have created challenges for prevention efforts or barriers to
progress such as lack of data or leadership.
The Biennial Review should describe the ways the university has distributed its annual
notification to students and employees.
The Biennial Review should include copies of the policies which were distributed.
Efforts should be made to review and revise the policies on a regular basis to reflect
case law and changes in federal, state, and local laws, and to ensure that the policies
are reasonable, comprehensive, and enforceable.
The Biennial Review should include recommendations for revising the AOD programs.
The Biennial review should measure enforcement consistency. Charts document each
case, excluding identifying information, to present offenses, mitigating circumstances,
and disposition. Similar cases are grouped together to facilitate comparisons.
The Biennial Review should measure policy and program effectiveness. in the following
ways: it should assess whether the program is based on needs assessment of objective
data, there should be a measurable set of goals and objectives linked to the needs, and
there should be prevention activities linked to evidence based programs, and evaluation
should be used to refine, improve, and strengthen the program.
The Biennial Review may use the following measures: disciplinary sanctions imposed,
referrals for counseling or treatment, incidents recorded in campus security or police
logs, incidents of vandalism. Other potential measures include the following: the
number of students, faculty, staff attending alcohol programs; student or employee
perceptions about AOD problems on campus; or use levels of AOD by students and
employees as indicated by surveys.