Research & Reports
The Healthy Schools Team periodically authors, supports development of, and lends expertise to reports and research which highlight needs of the field, educator perspectives, and issue areas that address the intersection of academics and student health and well-being. The reports and research below are meant to provide insight and deepen understanding of educator needs, and to make recommendations on professional development and technical assistance.
New Report: Listening Sessions with Multilingual Learner (MLL) Educators: Understanding What MLL Students Need When It Comes to Healthy Relationships Education
Between 2023 and 2024, the NCDPI Healthy Schools Team, in partnership with NCCASA, held six listening sessions for educators, teachers, and administrators to gain a better understanding of the relationship health education needed to support multilingual learners (MLLs). The insights gained from these sessions are summarized through these key themes:
- Barriers to healthy relationships education for MLL students
- What MLL students need to have healthy relationships
- How to teach healthy relationships education to MLL students
- How schools can help MLL students get healthy relationships education
We hope these insights will help participants, as well as communities, educators, administrators, and key stakeholders across the state drive action toward possible solutions and next steps to better support the relationship health of MLL students.
You can access the report in English and in Spanish.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Lillian Pinto at lillian.pinto@dpi.nc.gov or Ellen Fiedler at training@nccasa.org.
Feminine Hygiene Products Grant Program (115C 377)
The Department of Public Instruction shall establish the Feminine Hygiene Products Grant Program (Program) to assist public school units participating in the Program in providing students with feminine hygiene products at no charge to the student.
(b) Grants. – To the extent funds are made available for the Program, the Department of Public Instruction shall award public school units grants of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) on a first‑come, first‑served basis, and the Department shall prioritize awarding grants to public school units that did not receive an award pursuant to the Program in the previous fiscal year. No public school unit shall receive more than one grant per fiscal year.
(c) Reporting. – No later than March 15, 2023, and every year thereafter that funds are made available for the Program, the Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the public school units receiving grants under the Program, the specific feminine hygiene products purchased with the grant funds, and the impact of the Program on student health and well‑being. (2022‑74, s. 7.10(a).)