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Ribbon
cutting for donation of computers to the
Hollandale School District |
The National
Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 allows NASA
to transfer surplus equipment to schools. Now called "Computers
to Schools," the program enables the implementation of national
education goals by promoting technical and scientific education
activities at all levels.
In the past
six years over $11 million in equipment has been transferred to
educational sites in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
In Mississippi,
the State Department of Education
provides the Stennis Office of Education with a list of schools
with high priority educational technology needs. As computers
come available the schools are provided the surplus equipment.
In 1995,
the Stennis Office of Education received NASA's Group Achievement
Award for its success in implementing the Computers to Schools
program.
For more
information about Computers to Schools in the Stennis Space Center
region, call 228-688-2091.