Milwaukee Public Schools are set to spend nearly half a million dollars on a partnership with Black Lives Matter activists.

According to the Superintendent’s Proposed Budget for the Milwaukee Public Schools for 2016-2017, Milwaukee Public Schools have budgeted $471,073 for Black Lives Matter.

Listed as one of the “Strategic Business, Community, District and Family Partnerships,” the Black Lives Matter education will apparently be a partnership with “board directors, administrators, community leaders, school administrators and teachers.”

The group of Black Lives Matter activists will help “develop a cultural studies curriculum and provide staff training on restorative practices to improve student attendance, academics, graduation rates and school culture through facilitation of meaningful dialogue and support on issues surrounding race and trauma faced in communities and schools.”

The “Other Central School Programs and Funds” description of the Black Lives Matter education component claims the money is “budgeted to support the ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ initiative by collaborating with branches of government, local businesses and community organizations to increase the number of males of color who are succeeding academically and socially.”

It claims, “Efforts include ensuring that culturally responsive teaching practices are in place at all schools, enhancing the district vision for student participation in a wide range of after-school activities and supporting trauma-informed care.”

Milwaukee Public Schools spokesman Tony Tagliavia told News Talk 1130 the funds will be given to “three social studies teachers ($260,889 for salary and benefits for all three) and staff development (training) for other employees ($210,184).”

Tagliavia said, “We’re doing this work because national and local studies tell us young men of color in Wisconsin and Milwaukee are more likely to be represented disproportionally in the justice system and less likely to be represented proportionally in colleges and universities.”

News Talk 1130 notes the money that will be spent on Black Lives Matter education is nearly as much as will be spent on College Access Centers ($650,000), Universal Driver Education ($645,308), and Advanced Studies of World Languages ($692,573).

A hearing on the budget will allegedly be held on May 17. The board will vote on the budget on May 24.