• Help 8,000 schools create safer and more nurturing school climates: With technical
assistance from the Department of Education, 18,000 schools have already put in place evidence-based strategies to improve school climate. These strategies involve certain steps
for the whole school (like consistent rules and rewards for good behavior), with more intensive
steps for groups of students exhibiting at-risk behavior, and individual services for students
who continue to exhibit troubling behavior. The Administration is proposing a new, $50 million
initiative to help 8,000 more schools train their teachers and other school staff to implement
these strategies. The Administration will also develop a school climate survey, providing reliable
data to help schools implement policies to improve climate.