LRB-0524/P1
KRP:emw
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kretschmann, BB0005 - Robotics league grants
For 2019-2021 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
This bill clarifies that DPI may award a robotics league participation grant to an eligible team to participate in more than one robotics competition.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 115.45 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.45 (title) Robotics league participation grants pilot program.
Section
2. 115.45 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.45 (2) (a) Annually, the department shall notify school boards, operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) and (2x), governing bodies of private schools, and administrators of home-based private educational programs that applications for grants under this section to participate in one or more robotics competitions will be accepted from eligible teams through a date set forth in the notice. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, an applicant eligible team shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant eligible team will provide matching funds in an amount equal to the amount awarded under this section.
Section
3. 115.45 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.45 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dr), the department shall award a grant of up to $5,000 grants to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses. The department may not award more than $5,000 to an eligible team in a school year.
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