Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2008
Fund Code: 194
Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students
| FUNDS ALLOCATED: | $23,700 (State) |
| FUNDS REQUESTED: | $23,700 |
| PURPOSE: The purpose of this state-funded grant program is to assist schools in developing violence prevention programs to enhance school safety for gay and lesbian students consistent with the Education Reform Act and the Board of Education's 1993 Recommendations on the Support and Safety of Gay and Lesbian Students. These recommendations include: establishing local non-discrimination policies; offering teacher training on violence and suicide prevention; forming gay/straight support groups; and extending school-based counseling services to family members of gay and lesbian students. Particular emphasis is placed on the Board of Education's Recommendation #3 regarding starting high school gay/straight alliances. |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED: | 23 |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED: | 23 |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS NOT RECOMMENDED: | 0 |
| RESULT OF FUNDING: This funding will support 400 students and 30 faculty advisors to start and support gay/straight alliances and provide training for school staff under the Board of Education's Recommendations on the Support and Safety of Gay and Lesbian Students. Grant awards range from $700 to $2,000. |
| RECIPIENT |
AMOUNT |
| Barnstable Public Schools | $1,000 |
| Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District | 1,000 |
| Cambridge Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Danvers Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Easthampton Public Schools | 700 |
| Fairhaven Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Fitchburg Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Gateway Regional School District (Huntington) | 1,000 |
| Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical High School | 1,000 |
| Marblehead Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Methuen Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Middleborough Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Millbury Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Minnechaug Regional High School (Wilbraham) | 1,000 |
| Mohawk Trail Regional School District (Shelburne Falls) | 1,000 |
| Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School (Fitchburg) | 1,000 |
| New Bedford Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Newton Public Schools (2 schools) | 2,000 |
| Pittsfield Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural High School | 1,000 |
| Taunton Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Weymouth Public Schools | 1,000 |
| Worcester Public Schools | 1,000 |
| TOTAL STATE FUNDS | $23,700 |
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