Wisconsin Statutes Schools (Ch. 115 to 121) § 115.45. Robotics league participation grants program

(a) “Allowable expenses” includes fees, kits, and supplies required to participate in a robotics competition, travel expenses to a robotics competition for eligible team members, and a stipend for the mentor of an eligible team.

(b) “Eligible team” means any of the following:

(c) “Robotics competition” means a competition that requires participating teams to design, construct, program, and operate robots and that is sponsored by a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 1 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 2, having as one of its organizational purposes encouraging young people to develop an interest in science, engineering, technology, and math.

(2) (a) Annually, the department shall notify school boards, operators of charter schools under s. 118.40(2r) and (2x), governing bodies of private schools, and administrators of home-based private educational programs that applications for grants to participate in one or more robotics competitions will be accepted from eligible teams through a date set forth in the notice. As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, an applicant eligible team shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that the applicant eligible team will provide matching funds in an amount equal to the amount awarded under this section.

(b) From the appropriation under s. 20.255(2)(dr), the department shall award grants to eligible teams selected from the applicants under par. (a). Grant funds awarded under this section may be applied only towards allowable expenses. The department cannot award to an eligible team more than $6,000 in a school year.