DC schools offering money to make students happier

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia public school system is launching an internal grant program that will allow schools to ask for money to fund extracurricular activities and other programs to make students happier.

Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson is including $5 million for the grants in her budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. The program is similar to a $10 million initiative last school year to reward schools that came up with innovations around time, talent and technology.