Thread: A small step for robotics in WA state
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Re: A small step for robotics in WA state
Great news!

Back in January, 1318 gave a presentation to the Washington State Education Appropriations subcommittee requesting state funding for FIRST. Well, just yesterday we received confirmation that as a result of that, $150,000 was written into the state budget to fund FIRST teams for the coming year. The exact terms that the money will be awarded on are still unclear (I believe there will be some sort of grant application process) but we are working on clarifying that and will report back as soon as we know.

One more thing: this is certainly not determined for sure yet, but there's been talk that Governor Gregoire herself will be in attendance at the Tacoma regional to announce the funding. That would be really cool if it ends up happening.
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