Senator Klobuchar To Visit Lincoln K-8 Choice School

U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar, will visit Rochester’s Lincoln K-8 Choice School on Friday, February 3.  Senator Klobuchar is proposing an Innovation Bill to congress in 2012 that contains several provisions focused on fostering STEM education. The bill allocates $50 million per year to the Department of Education with the goal of doubling the number of STEM high schools in America from 100 to 200 and provides grants to colleges and universities that succeed in dramatically increasing the number of students that stay in STEM majors through graduation.

Senator Klobuchar is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion and understands how important it is to develop a strong science and engineering education and workforce. She will be at Lincoln to observe the Zebrafish Project at 10:45 a.m., Friday, February 3.