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Student ambassadors and educators press lawmakers to fund anti-bullying program
Summary
Stand for Kind representatives requested $300,000 ongoing to expand anti-bullying, resilience and suicide-awareness trainings; presenters said the program trained roughly 350 schools and 300,000 students last year and maintains a waiting list of about 300 schools.
Sen. Fillmore introduced a request from Stand for Kind (anti-bullying coalition) for $300,000 in ongoing funding to maintain and expand programming that delivers student leadership, teacher and resource-officer training and parent toolkits. Pam Hayes and Charice Hilton described program outcomes and partnerships; student ambassador Lainie Anderson testified to the program's personal impact on peers and urged continued support.
Stand for Kind representatives said they supplement state funding with private fundraising and reported a 2:1 match in many cases; they said the program reaches both urban and rural areas but currently has a waiting list of nearly 300 schools. Committee members asked about access, the size of the waiting list and matching sources; Stand for Kind said they conduct outreach to donors including IHC and the Larry H. Miller Foundation and can train roughly 350 schools per $300,000 in state support paired with matching funds.
