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Originally Posted by lynca
Great job to everyone who was involved in pushing this legislation through.
I see 148 in the background, I'm not sure about the team on the left.
http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/13937/
Does anyone have the specific details about the $1 million state donation ? |
From what I understand it will be used two ways:
1. Pay the entry fees for new teams.
2. Pay the Championship Registration fees for any teams that qualify to "represent Texas".
This was just what I heard while we were there. I haven't seen any details of the roll-out.
Basically -- $1 million will go straight to FIRST as registration fees. We will have 100+ new "one kit wonder" FRC teams. Hopefully someone has a plan to help them find corporate sponsors and engineers so they can build a sustainable program to survive the
rigorous FRC. 148 will of course, do what we can; but I can't help wishing that money was spent in other ways.
-John