The Vermont Lottery, in a partnership with the Vermont Agency of Education, announces a new twice annual program to provide a competitive grant to K-12 public schools in the form of a cart of computing devices. The program will provide one set of 20 devices and a mobile cart to one awardee school. The devices will consist of either Apple iPads, or Google Chromebooks, (choice made by the school) and the devices will become the property of the school.
Schools must follow guidelines in the application process to create or support an innovative program or project at a local school with the addition of the 20 devices to a school’s technology program. Special consideration is being given to schools that are highly rural and have a significant population of qualified students in the Free and Reduced lunch program.
The goals of the new program are twofold, to build public awareness on how the Lottery supports education, and to aid schools by providing technology that can support student learning. The Vermont Lottery is allocating marketing funds to support the Educate/Innovate Grant program.
The initial application for the program was released on Friday, February 13th and an awardee will be announced on April 15th. The deadline for schools to apply is Friday, March 27th. Future lottery marketing campaigns may feature schools use of the new technology.
Source: Vermont Agency of Education 2.17.2015