Amendment #990 to H4200

Safe and Supportive Schools

Representatives Balser of Newton, Walsh of Framingham, Rogers of Cambridge, Vieira of Falmouth, Cantwell of Marshfield, Sannicandro of Ashland, Malia of Boston, Vega of Holyoke, Fiola of Fall River, Khan of Newton, Heroux of Attleboro, Hecht of Watertown, Chan of Quincy, Donahue of Worcester, Schmid of Westport, Smizik of Brookline, Benson of Lunenburg, Day of Stoneham, Puppolo of Springfield, Provost of Somerville, Garballey of Arlington, Gordon of Bedford, Ultrino of Malden, Mom of Lowell, DiZoglio of Methuen, Cassidy of Brockton, Dwyer of Woburn, Pignatelli of Lenox, DuBois of Brockton, Lawn of Watertown, Ashe of Longmeadow, Keefe of Worcester, Collins of Boston, Markey of Dartmouth, Kelcourse of Amesbury, Madden of Nantucket, Gentile of Sudbury, Scibak of South Hadley, McMurtry of Dedham, Decker of Cambridge, Cullinane of Boston, Madaro of Boston, Cariddi of North Adams, Moran of Lawrence, Livingstone of Boston, Kaufman of Lexington, Devers of Lawrence, Fox of Boston, Linsky of Natick, Barber of Somerville, Ryan of Boston, Hunt of Sandwich, Coppinger of Boston, Cusack of Braintree, Scaccia of Boston and Cutler of Duxbury move to amend the bill in section 2 by striking out item 7061-9612 and inserting in place thereof the following item:

"7061-9612 For the implementation of subsection (f) of section 1P of chapter 69 of the General Laws to create safe and supportive school environments; provided, that not less than $400,000 shall be expended for the safe and supportive schools grant program; provided further, that grants shall be awarded to school and district teams that create school-wide action plans based on all the elements of the safe and supportive schools framework and self-assessment tool pursuant to sub-section (c) of Section 1P of Chapter 69; and provided further, grantees will advise the safe and supportive schools commission on the feasibility of incorporating said action plans into their annual school improvement plans developed pursuant to Section 1 I ;  provided further that districts shall create district plans that support recipient schools; provided further, that grantees shall participate in conferences to be held by the Department; provided further, that $175,000 shall be expended by the department on a full-time staff member devoted to carrying out the responsibilities outlined in subsection (f ) of section 1P of chapter 69, DESE statewide and regional conferences, expert technological assistance in upgrading the online self-assessment tool’s interface, navigation, accessibility, and other related factors of usability, and grant program evaluation; and  provided further that FY 17 safe and supportive schools grant awards shall be allocated by the department to schools and districts by November 1, 2016; and provided further, that grants awarded from the FY 16 account  for the safe and supportive schools grant program may be expended through December 31, 2016 .…………………………………..........................$575,000”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #990 to H4200

Safe and Supportive Schools