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Controlling Board defers Department of Youth Services VR-headset purchase after members ask for evaluation plan and clarify funding
Summary
The State Controlling Board deferred item 44, a Department of Youth Services request tied to a Title I federal grant to support a pilot using virtual-reality headsets for STEM education, after members asked for clearer information on the number of devices, evaluation plans and permissible uses under the grant.
The State Controlling Board on April 7 deferred item 44, a Department of Youth Services request tied to federal Title I funding for a pilot that would provide virtual-reality headsets for education at department facilities.
Steve Horenko, the agency procurement officer, told the board the funding is from a Title I federal grant and described the pilot as "based on STEM education" that could later be expanded to vocational education. Horenko said…
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