DROP Act

Dropout Reduction Outreach Program Act of 2001- DROP Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to carry out a school dropout prevention demonstration program.

Provides for awards of program grants to at least two States for: (1) specialized professional development opportunities for guidance counselors, teachers, or administrators who work with students at risk of dropping out, at secondary and middle schools that have among the highest dropout rates; (2) hiring additional guidance counselors who have been trained to work with such students; and (3) school and State program evaluation strategies to disseminate best practices on effective school-based dropout prevention. Requires a State, to be eligible for such a grant, to have provided the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) with at least three contiguous years of State and school dropout data that are in compliance with NCES common core data standards.