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Muskegon County to pilot grant-funded graphic-novel driver-safety program for ninth-graders
Summary
The Muskegon County Sheriff's Office introduced a pilot grant that will distribute graphic-novel educational materials to ninth-grade students across a 17-county region, with Muskegon County handling local distribution; the program includes pre- and post-testing to measure impact and uses existing county staff for in-kind distribution.
Ken Sanford of the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office introduced a new grant-funded pilot on Oct. 16 that will provide ninth-grade students with a graphic-novel–style driver-safety curriculum aimed at seat-belt use, distracted driving and other risks. "It's a new grant that we're gonna utilize, focusing on safety and driving, cell phone use, seat belt speed," Sanford said.
The program is structured as a 17-county pilot in which printed materials will be provided to sheriff's offices around the region and distributed locally by each county’s…
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