A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to transfer certain RESPONSIBILITIES and funds for agricultural education Programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  In support of federal Public Law 105‑225 (formerly Public Law 81‑740) which was adopted by the 105th Congress of the United States granting a federal charter to the FFA (Future Farmers of America) organization, effective July 1, 2008, all Agricultural Education curricula that are included in the North Carolina State Board of Education's Standard Course of Study and any corresponding assessment instruments shall be developed under the sole control of the Agricultural Education Program in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at North Carolina State University and shall include as a part of their core content the FFA (Future Farmers of America) student youth organization and the SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) experiential learning program.
Effective July 1, 2008, the State Board of Education shall transfer a prorated share of funds from all federal Career and Technical Education funds available for State‑level usage to the Agricultural Education and FFA Program housed in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at North Carolina State University.  The proration shall be based upon the grades 9‑12 duplicated agricultural education enrollment as compared to the total career and technical education grades 9‑12 duplicated enrollment.  These funds shall be used to support the secondary Agricultural Education Program State‑level administration, leadership, curriculum and professional development, operations, innovations and expansions, and the FFA and the SAE experiential learning program.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.