The school began publicizing the program in March.
Thanks very much for bringing Ne'eman to campus and for publicizing the program.
Plans to publicize the program on cards the police hand out and in hospital emergency rules are still being completed.
The Board of Education received 2,300 applications from around the country last summer, after only a few weeks of publicizing the program.
Members help to publicize the program, facilitate info sessions, review and select applications, monitor progress, and review reports.
Nearly 400 people have applied so far, a number that board officials say is promising considering that they began publicizing the program only two weeks ago.
The law also says that up to 3 percent of the program's premiums may be used to pay administrative expenses, but since no premiums have been paid, Mr. Obama is seeking the $93.5 million to publicize the program.
Prominent universities — including the California Institute of Technology, Cornell, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley — have been quick to sign on, contributing mentors and publicizing the program to students.
While the T.S.A. has announced Aug. 15 as a target date for the airlines to begin asking for each passenger's full name, gender and date of birth, and has already begun publicizing the program, called Secure Flight, the agency acknowledged that it would go into effect in phases as the airlines update their systems.
