Local School Districts Receive State Grants for Various Projects
Saturday, January 16th, 2016 -- 7:04 AM
-Students in about 100 public schools and school districts will join projects and activities to fight alcohol, tobacco, and drug use, improve traffic safety, and reduce violence in and around schools.Funding for 2015-16 school year grants, administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, totals more than $940,000 and comes from the penalty surcharge from traffic fines and forfeitures. Student activities originate from two grant programs: competitive alcohol and other drug abuse, AODA, grants and student mini-grants. State AODA grants were awarded to 64 individual school districts and four consortium projects, which included 25 member districts. An additional $74,508 in student AODA mini-grants, for up to $1,000 each, were awarded to 82 student groups from 63 different school districts.
Some local schools that received the grants include Black River Falls with a State AODA Grant of $15,000, Colby School District with a State AODA Grant of $15,000, the Greenwood School District with a Student Mini-Grant of $1,000 for the Middle and High School, Osseo-Fairchild School District received a State AODA Grant for $15,000 and a Student Mini Grant of $825 for the Middle and High School and Spencer received a Student Mini-Grant for $1,000.
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