FACTS Act

This legislation aims to keep kids safe from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids by linking schools with public health experts and giving communities tools that work. It sets up three-year grants for up to 25 local partnerships to prevent misuse among secondary school students, with funds for teacher training, classroom materials, student workshops, peer-to-peer counseling, and outreach to families. The program prioritizes communities with higher youth drug use, spreads awards across regions and Tribal, urban, suburban, and rural areas, and requires grantees to post and share what works and report results. It also authorizes funding for 2026–2028 and allows a small portion for evaluation and technical help .

It creates a federal task force to coordinate efforts, study best practices, and develop a national strategy to prevent youth overdoses and misuse. Schools would add staff training on synthetic opioids, and district and state education plans must explain how they will address this issue and support schools. Federal education data would also track access to synthetic opioids on school grounds . School-based health centers could use funds to buy naloxone to reverse overdoses. Starting January 1, 2026, national youth surveys would ask about use, access, and awareness of counterfeit or synthetic opioids, and CDC would evaluate how well states report overdose data for these drugs among teens.

• Who is affected: Secondary school students and families; teachers and school staff; school districts and state education agencies; public health partners; school-based health centers .
• What changes: New three-year grants; required staff training; updated district/state plans; better data collection; a national task force; and permission to purchase naloxone for school health centers .
• When: Task force formed within 90 days of enactment; surveys updated starting January 1, 2026; grant funding authorized for fiscal years 2026–2028 .