Amendment #999 to H4400

Healthy Relationships Grant Program

Ms. Peisch of Wellesley moves to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 4513-1130 the following item: “4513-1131 For a competitive grant program in public schools from grades 5 through 12 that will promote healthy relationships and address teen dating violence; provided, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a 3 year grant program for 10 schools on anti-teen dating violence programming for implementation for the school year beginning in 2018; provided further, that the grant program shall be for schools in which the majority of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch; and provided further, that at least 1 grantee shall be a school located in a municipality with a population of 25,000 or less………………….$150,000.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #999 to H4400

Healthy Relationships Grant Program