robotics

Local News

Lafayette robotics team picks up world championship award

Abriana Herron

A Tippecanoe County high school team brought home a world championship award in robotics.

A bill signed into law by the governor this week will increase the number of teams that can apply for a robotics grant and allow them to use the funds for building materials.

Statewide

Governor signs bill to expand school eligibility, funding use for robotics grants

Kirsten Adair

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law this week that will allow more students to participate in robotics competitions, by increasing the number of schools that can receive robotics grants and allowing them to spend that money on robot-building materials.

House Bill 1233 would let competitive robotics programs use state grant money for materials to build robots.

Education

Robotics bill expands school grant eligibility, widens what funds can be used for

Kirsten Adair

A proposal to expand grant funding for robotics competition programs passed the Senate Education and Career Development Committee unanimously Wednesday.