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State LGBTQ Youth Commission urges $1.6M baseline to expand Safe Schools assistance, research and youth leadership
Summary
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth asked the Joint Committee on Ways and Means to approve a $1.6 million FY26 baseline to sustain the Safe Schools program, expand technical assistance and training, and increase data and research capacity amid a recent surge in demand.
Chappalay Brooks, executive director of the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth, urged the Joint Committee on Ways and Means to approve a $1.6 million baseline appropriation for FY26 to support the commission’s Safe Schools program, technical assistance, youth leadership development and expanded research.
Commission role and recent activity Brooks described the commission as an independent state agency that the legislature codified in 2006 (after the commission was formed in 1992) and said it remains the only state agency of its kind in the nation. The commission advises multiple agencies, manages the Safe Schools grant program in partnership with DESE (Department…
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