North Carolina H832 revises school safety grants to include training on trauma and stress responses.

North Carolina H832 amends the purposes for which school safety grants can be used, focusing on training to help students develop healthy responses to trauma and stress. The bill allows the Executive Director of the Center for Safer Schools to award grants to public school units for training on topics such as trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, and behavioral therapy. The training aims to enhance protective factors, mitigate risk-taking behavior, and improve understanding and responses to trauma and significant stress.

North Carolina H832 revises school safety grants to include training on trauma and stress responses.

North Carolina H832 amends the purposes for which school safety grants can be used, focusing on training to help students develop healthy responses to trauma and stress. The bill allows the Executive Director of the Center for Safer Schools to award grants to public school units for training on topics such as trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, and behavioral therapy. The training aims to enhance protective factors, mitigate risk-taking behavior, and improve understanding and responses to trauma and significant stress.