Dear CD,
1) sdaustin - I would contact Gail Albert, president of FIRST of Michigan for help. Personally, I think the person you spoke with at the Michigan Department of Education is not correct and I would obtain her name for reference. If you think about it, that would most likely disallow nearly every team in Michigan and I don't think that was the intent of the MDE grant.
2) The Michigan Grant information has been modified to read the following:
The RFP has been updated – the third item down on
http://www.techplan.org/rdi/
Direct link:
http://www.techplan.org/downloads/al...5_162758_3.pdf
Ann-Marie Smith
Education Technology Specialist
Office of Education Improvement and Innovation
Michigan Department of Education
517-335-2775