Sec. 12. (a) The department shall develop guidelines to award grants, after June 30, 2023, to eligible teams for allowable expenses. The guidelines developed by the department must include a maximum grant award allotment for each eligible team based on the:

(1) level of programming; and

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  • allowable expenses: means :

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  • eligible team: means a robotics competition team consisting of:

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(2) level of competition;

of various robotics competitions as determined by the department.

     (b) The department shall award grants in a manner that maximizes the number of eligible teams that will be able to receive funds, with an emphasis on increasing the number of high school teams, and that expands the geographical distribution of eligible teams.

As added by P.L.231-2023, SEC.1.