Matthew McConaughey and his wife work to make sure that children in American schools are safe.
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Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila, started the Greenlights Grant Initiative. Its goal is to "streamline and simplify" the way the government pays for school safety.
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The McConaugheys started the Greenlights Grant Initiative on Thursday to help schools use a law that gives schools money to pay for safety measures to protect kids from school shootings and other acts of violence.
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The McConaugheys started the Greenlights Grant Initiative on Thursday to help schools use a law that gives schools money to pay for safety measures to protect kids from school shootings and other acts of violence.
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In June 2022, one month after the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law.
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On May 24, 2022, 19 kids and two teachers died in Texas because of this. One billion dollars of the bill's money was set aside for schools.
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McConaughey, who grew up in Uvalde, said in an interview on "Good Morning America" that schools that don't have the means can find it "intimidating" to write grants.
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The "Fool's Gold" star said that hiring a grant writer can cost up to $50,000, which many "high-risk" schools don't have.
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McConaughey went to Washington, D.C., to help fight for the safety of families and schools before Biden signed the bill.
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There is a difference between control and responsibility," the actor wrote in an opinion piece that came out in early June 2022.
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The first is a rule that can take away our rights, and the second is an obligation that will protect it. No part of the Constitution stands in the way of gun control.
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