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S00379 Summary:

BILL NOS00379A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06066

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SPONSORBROUK

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY, O'MARA, PALUMBO,
 RHOADS, SKOUFIS, TEDISCO, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3641-c, Ed L

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Establishes a high school robotics grant program; provides funding to high schools for participation in robotics competitions; sets forth eligibility requirements; provides for the application and awards process.

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BILL NOS00379A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

04/02/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

04/02/2025PRINT NUMBER 379A

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1338

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/05/2025referred to education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 379--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BROUK, CLEARE, PALUMBO, RHOADS, SKOUFIS, TEDISCO,
 WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a high
 school robotics participation grant program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3641-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3641-c. High school robotics participation grant program. 1. The
 4 commissioner shall establish the high school robotics participation
 5 grant program and a robotics competition pursuant to this section and
 6 regulations of the commissioner adopted for such purpose. Within the
 7 amounts appropriated for this purpose, the commissioner shall award
 8 grants on a competitive basis to public and private high schools for the
 9 purpose of encouraging study in the fields of science, technology, engi-
 10 neering, and math.
 11 2. Eligibility. a. Applicants must be a public or private high school
 12 in the state that has a school sponsored robotics club or a team partic-
 13 ipating, or intending to participate, in robotics competitions.
 14 b. Applicants must establish a partnership for the purposes of design-
 15 ing, building and/or programming the team's robot with at least one
 16 other sponsor, which shall be a business, institution of higher learning
 17 or technological school. The department shall establish a process to
 18 identify and certify which robotics leagues or organizations are
 19 approved to hold such robotics competitions, for the purposes of eligi-
 20 bility under this section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01192-03-5

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 1 3. Applications. Applications must be submitted to the commissioner by
 2 June first of each year for grants to be made for the following academic
 3 year. All grants shall be subject to the applicant obtaining matching
 4 funds from other sources of at least fifty percent of the grant.
 5 4. Awards. a. The commissioner shall grant awards in the amount of
 6 five thousand dollars to schools that are eligible, pursuant to subdivi-
 7 sion two of this section. Awards shall be within the amounts appropri-
 8 ated for such purpose and based on availability of funds.
 9 b. Preference shall be given to teams at Title I schools, then to
 10 teams at schools that have not previously participated in robotics
 11 competitions or received grants through this program, on a first-come
 12 first-served basis, and if there are funds remaining thereafter to other
 13 previously established programs.
 14 c. Funds awarded under this grant shall be used for: registration
 15 costs; materials; travel costs; and other expenses associated with the
 16 preparation for, and attendance at, robotics competitions.
 17 d.