New York A 6066: Relates to establishing a high school robotics grant program

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A06066 Summary:

BILL NOA06066 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00379-A

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRClark, Jensen, Bichotte Hermelyn, Solages, Buttenschon, Shimsky, Schiavoni, Levenberg, Maher,
 Manktelow, Palmesano, Sayegh, Shrestha

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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 NOA06066 

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02/26/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6066

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD, CLARK, JENSEN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Education

 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.
 21 3. Applications. Applications must be submitted to the commissioner by
 22 June first of each year for grants to be made for the following academic
 23 year. All grants shall be subject to the applicant obtaining matching
 24 funds from other sources of at least fifty percent of the grant.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01192-02-5

 A. 6066 2

 1 4. Awards. a. The commissioner shall grant awards in the amount of
 2 five thousand dollars to schools that are eligible, pursuant to subdivi-
 3 sion two of this section. Awards shall be within the amounts appropri-
 4 ated for such purpose and based on availability of funds.
 5 b. Preference shall be given to teams at Title I schools, then to
 6 teams at schools that have not previously participated in robotics
 7 competitions or received grants through this program, on a first-come
 8 first-served basis, and if there are funds remaining thereafter to other
 9 previously established programs.
 10 c. Funds awarded under this grant shall be used for: registration
 11 costs; materials; travel costs; and other expenses associated with the
 12 preparation for, and attendance at, robotics competitions.
 13 d. Additional grants shall also be made pursuant to such other rules
 14 and regulations as may be promulgated by the commissioner.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
 16 after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,
 17 amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the
 18 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be
 19 made and completed on or before such date.

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