Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 160-1-4-.322 - Student Vaping Mini Grant

1. Purpose of Grant Program. The purpose of the Student Vaping Mini Grant is to support middle and high schools by providing funding for localized interventions to decrease the incidence of vaping by students in Georgia.
2. Terms and Conditions. This competitive grant is awarded to Georgia local educational agencies (LEA). Recipients must use the awarded grant funds to address student vaping in middle and high schools, deliver Know Your Risks: A Youth Guide to E-Cigarettes to students, implement the Live Vape Free program as an intervention for students who have received disciplinary infractions for vaping, and review and update, if needed, its tobacco-free policy. Recipients must also provide aggregate data regarding the delivery of the Live Vape Free program and submit a completion report at the end of the grant period or upon full liquidation of funds, whichever is sooner.
3. Eligible Recipients. All Georgia LEAs are eligible to receive this grant.
4. Criteria for Award. Applications will be scored using a GaDOE grants scoring tool. Applications will be ranked from highest to lowest based on the total number of student discipline infractions related to vaping from the most recent completed school year, then scored based on the following open-ended questions: description of intended use of funds; description of intended delivery of Know Your Risks: A Youth Guide to E-Cigarettes for students; description of intended delivery of the Live Vape Free program as an intervention for students who have received disciplinary infractions for vaping; and description of how funds are intended to decrease the amount of vaping-related discipline incidents. Funding will be awarded based on rank (highest score first) and available funding.
5. Directions and Deadlines for Applying. Eligible applicants must complete and submit the electronic application by the deadline located online at the GaDOE Grant Opportunities webpage. All additional requests for information should be made to wholechild@doe.k12.ga.us.

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Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 160-1-4-.322
O.C.G.A. ยง 20-2-240.
Original grant description entitled "Student Vaping Mini Grant." Submitted February 10, 2025.

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