Amendment #148 to H4000

Safe and Supportive Schools

Representatives Balser of Newton, Ayers of Quincy, Basile of Boston, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Benson of Lunenburg, Brady of Brockton, Canavan of Brockton, Cantwell of Marshfield, Chan of Quincy, Conroy of Wayland, Coppinger of Boston, Cronin of Easton, Decker of Cambridge, DiNatale of Fitchburg, DiZoglio of Methuen, Ehrlich of Marblehead, Ferguson of Holden, Fox of Boston, Gobi of Spencer, Gordon of Bedford, Hecht of Watertown, Heroux of Attleboro, Jones of North Reading, Kafka of Stoughton, Kaufman of Lexington, Keefe of Worcester, Khan of Newton, Lawn of Watertown, Linsky of Natick, Livingstone of Boston, Madden of Nantucket, Malia of Boston, McMurtry of Dedham, Moran of Lawrence, Nangle of Lowell, O'Day of West Boylston, Pignatelli of Lenox, Provost of Somerville, Roy of Franklin, Sannicandro of Ashland, Smizik of Brookline, Smola of Warren, Stanley of Waltham, Swan of Springfield, Timilty of Milton, Toomey of Cambridge, Vega of Holyoke, Vieira of Falmouth, Walsh of Framingham, Zlotnik of Gardner and Schmid of Westport move to amend the bill by inserting after item 7061-9611 the following item:-

“7061-9612 For the safe and supportive schools grant program established by the department of elementary and secondary education to pilot and share an effective process for school and district teams to develop and implement safe and supportive school–wide action plans; provided that said action plans shall be based on all elements of the framework and self-assessment tool created pursuant to section 19 of chapter 321 of the acts of 2008 and described in the final report of the behavioral health and public schools task force; provided that the districts shall create district plans that support the recipient schools; provided that the department shall establish and regularly convene an advisory committee composed of individuals who were members of the behavioral health and public schools task force, parents, students, individuals with school experience in implementing the framework, and others to advise the department and assist in updating the framework and assessment tool in collaboration with the grantee schools; provided further that no less than $65,000 shall be used by the department to hold state and regional conferences and administer the grant program, including providing technical assistance to schools, collecting data from the self-assessment tool, and maintaining and updating the department’s website to disseminate information about the framework updates and implementation, model protocols, and other information about best practices for creating safe and supportive school-wide cultures…….$350,000”