What is the money for?
It has been determined that money is needed in the following areas to support SEDS-USA: • Funding for national projects: administration, prizes for competitions, start-up monies, etc • Starting student teams: seeding teams to compete in challenges such as the NASA Centennial Challenges • Travel fund: supporting students in travel and lodging to conferences, namely first-time conference attendees and chapter representatives and presidents • Scholarships: funding for outstanding high school students and college students for their work in promoting the exploration and development of space • Publicity: printing posters, flyers, and making other promotional items for booths at conferences and expansion mailings • Publications: Printing and producing of newsletters and other status updates.
Under the legislation in SB 1149, the public purpose charge is to fund cost-effective energy efficiency measures, weatherization, energy education programs, green power purchases and renewable energy resource investments. In the first phase, schools can use the funds to perform energy audits and implement Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs) with a payback of ten (10) years or less. In later phases, schools will be allowed to fund projects in other facilities owned by the schools, EEMs with longer paybacks, education and conservation programs, renewable energy, and energy education programs.
