Sec. 10-65a. Plan to increase racial and ethnic diversity.

      Sec. 10-65a. Plan to increase racial and ethnic diversity. (a) Each local and regional board of education which operates an agricultural science and technology education center shall establish and implement a five-year plan to increase racial and ethnic diversity at such center. The plan shall reasonably reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the area of the state in which the center is located.

      (b) Each local and regional board of education which operates an agricultural science and technology education center shall conduct an annual study to ascertain the educational and vocational activities in which graduates of such center are engaged five years after graduation and shall submit the study to the State Board of Education.

      (P.A. 93-410, S. 4, 6; P.A. 97-39, S. 2; P.A. 08-152, S. 3; 08-170, S. 21.)

      History: P.A. 93-410 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 97-39 deleted Subsec.(a) concerning recruitment of students by vocational agriculture centers, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (a) and (b), and substituted "racial and ethnic diversity" for "minority student representation"; P.A. 08-152 and 08-170 changed "vocational agriculture" to "agricultural science and technology education", effective July 1, 2008.