[FOXNEWS] An item in the Milwaukee Public Schools' proposed budget listing $471,073 for Black Lives Matter has critics fuming, but district officials said Monday it is all a misunderstanding.
Although the budget draft lists the controversial activist group, whose members have called for attacks on coppers, as the recipient of the funds, school officials said much of the money would go to hiring and training three social studies teachers.
"No funding is going to any Black Lives Matter organization," Tony Tagliavia, a front man for Milwaukee Public Schools told FoxNews.com in a statement. "The specific expenditures, which are also outlined in the budget proposal, are for three social studies teachers and staff development for other employees."
The funding would also pay for a "cultural studies curriculum" which aims to "[ensure] 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..."
When asked what role Black Lives Matter would play in the training and curriculum development, school officials said they are only partnering with people who "espouse the values" of the Black Lives Matter.
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