Agriculture education- Funding

(a) The state supervisor of agriculture education, after receiving the approval of the commissioner of education, is authorized to expend a sum of money not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum from the career and technical funds, appropriated by the state for the purpose of promoting agriculture education through the agriculture education students of this state. (b) The money authorized in subsection (a) shall be used for: (1) Offering scholarships to agriculture education students; (2) Promoting contests in crops and livestock, including the expenses of the state's agriculture education livestock judging teams to the national shows; (3) Maintaining and improving state summer training camp for the agriculture education students of the state; (4) Providing expenses of the delegates of the agriculture education students to their national convention; and (5) Providing expenses of Tennessee's master teacher of agriculture education to the southern regional conference of agriculture education workers. (c) The amount of money set forth in subsection (a) shall become available on July 1 of each year. Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 55, Secs.s 9, s 10 eff. 4/6/2015. Acts 1929, ch. 140, §§ 1-3; mod. Code 1932, §§ 2549-2551; Acts 1957, ch. 139, § 5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-2704 -- 49-2708; T.C.A., §§ 49-27-104 -- 49-27-106.

(a) The state supervisor of agriculture education, after receiving the approval of the commissioner of education, is authorized to expend a sum of money not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum from the career and technical funds, appropriated by the state for the purpose of promoting agriculture education through the agriculture education students of this state.

(b) The money authorized in subsection (a) shall be used for: (1) Offering scholarships to agriculture education students; (2) Promoting contests in crops and livestock, including the expenses of the state's agriculture education livestock judging teams to the national shows; (3) Maintaining and improving state summer training camp for the agriculture education students of the state; (4) Providing expenses of the delegates of the agriculture education students to their national convention; and (5) Providing expenses of Tennessee's master teacher of agriculture education to the southern regional conference of agriculture education workers.

(1) Offering scholarships to agriculture education students;

(2) Promoting contests in crops and livestock, including the expenses of the state's agriculture education livestock judging teams to the national shows;

(3) Maintaining and improving state summer training camp for the agriculture education students of the state;

(4) Providing expenses of the delegates of the agriculture education students to their national convention; and

(5) Providing expenses of Tennessee's master teacher of agriculture education to the southern regional conference of agriculture education workers.

(c) The amount of money set forth in subsection (a) shall become available on July 1 of each year.

Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 55, Secs.s 9, s 10 eff. 4/6/2015.

Acts 1929, ch. 140, §§ 1-3; mod. Code 1932, §§ 2549-2551; Acts 1957, ch. 139, § 5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-2704 -- 49-2708; T.C.A., §§ 49-27-104 -- 49-27-106.