HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — FIRST Robotics is getting a bipartisan boost from St. Joseph Republican Rep. Fred Upton and Democratic Representative Debbie Dingell, who recently re-introduced STEM education legislation.
H.R. 500, the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2019, would mint a $1 coin in honor of Christa McAuliffe, the teacher and astronaut who perished in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and support the FIRST Robotics program.
FIRST Robotics, started in 1989, is the nation’s leading not-for-profit STEM education program established by inventor Dean Kamen. FIRST is the acronym for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989
Once the money is recouped by the U.S. Treasury for the cost of minting the commemorative coin, all of the profits would go to support FIRST Robotics.
Upton and Dingell had previously introduced the bipartisan legislation in the 115th Congress.
