Teaching Students Healthy Habits

2026-2027 Here for Healthy Schools: Quality Time Off (QTO) Grant

This opportunity is open until July 24, 2026, 11:59 p.m. PDT

National PTA teamed up with Lysol to support healthier school environments through its HERE for Healthy Schools program. As part of this collaboration, five PTAs will be selected to receive the HERE for Healthy Schools: Quality Time Off (QTO) grant.

The HERE for Healthy Schools: Quality Time Off (QTO) Grant, funded by Lysol, provides funding and resources to help PTAs create meaningful in-school experiences, designed to foster connection, engagement, and lasting memories for families nationwide.

Meaningful school moments, like read-a-thons and field trips, create lasting memories for children and strengthen connections between students and their parents. Yet families often miss out on these special occasions due to unexpected illnesses and the need to reserve personal time off (PTO) for sick days. In fact, 78% of parents** who missed an important school-day event did so because they had already used their available PTO when their child was home sick.

To help families stay present for the moments that matter most, National PTA is launching the HERE for Healthy Schools: Quality Time Off (QTO) Grant, funded by Lysol. As an extension of Lysol's HERE for Healthy Schools initiative, launched in 2019, the grant reinforces the commitment to helping reduce the spread of illness-causing germs* on surfaces in classrooms nationwide.

Five selected PTAs will each receive:

• $2,000 to help enhance your PTA’s planned family engagement activities


• 50 Lysol products including Lysol Disinfecting Wipes intended to help reduce the spread of illness-causing germs* on surfaces in classrooms and common areas on campus.

You MUST be an active local elementary-serving PTA in good standing with your state PTA to apply!

* When used as directed.

**Statistics from Talker Research Survey commissioned by Lysol between June 17 and June 25, 2026.

National PTA does not endorse any commercial entity, product, or service. No endorsement is implied.

Here for Healthy Schools: Quality Time Off
(QTO) Grant

Healthy Habits Program

The best weapon against germs is knowledge. Recognizing the importance of educating students about health and hygiene both in the classroom and at home, the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), National Education Association (NEA), and Lysol have partnered together to create the Healthy Habits Program.

The Healthy Habits Program is supported by free healthy habits resources created in collaboration with the CDC Foundation that contain resources for parents and teachers such as activity guides, printables, and lesson plans to engage students on healthy habits in interesting ways.

Lysol Healthy Habits