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Senate panel advances student-drafted bill to create robotics competition grant program
Summary
Students and sponsors told the Senate Education Committee that SB 391 would create authority for a state grant program to help schools and extracurricular robotics teams pay registration, travel and parts costs; the committee voted to advance the bill.
Senators advanced Senate Bill 391 on a voice vote after a group of high school robotics students and their mentors described costs and educational benefits of competitive robotics programs.
The bill, introduced by Senator Dismayne, would authorize the Department of Education to establish a robotics competition grant program but does not appropriate funding. Students who testified said the legislation mainly formalizes language the teams drafted to create a grant program and includes provisions such as a local match and limits intended to prevent abuse.
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