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Originally Posted by Kyle
during the presidents speech for those of you interested President Bush said that he wants to increase funding for math and science programs and to make American students able to be more competitive with students in other countries in the fields of math and science.
My question to the FIRST community is
Do you think that this new initiative will make government funding more available to FIRST teams since FIRST is all about Math and Science?
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Not likely,
It's probably more No Child Left Behind nonsense.
I think the government considers FIRST a private enterprise that has eduational elements. They'd rather put more money into actual schools.
That NASA supplies sponsorships and grants and is far as it will go.