280.20 - VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE EDUCATION.
280.20 VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE EDUCATION.
It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage the public
secondary schools to develop comprehensive programs for vocational
education in agriculture technology to meet the diverse needs of
Iowa's students and to ensure an adequate supply of trained and
skilled individuals in all phases of the agriculture industry. The
board of directors of each public school district may develop, as
part of the curriculum in grades nine through twelve, programs for
vocational education in agriculture technology.
It is also the intent of the general assembly to encourage the
development of programs for vocational education in agriculture
technology which are structured on a twelve-month basis and which
include the following:
1. Provision for twelve-month extended contracts to permit
entrepreneurial agricultural experience, summer program planning, and
recordkeeping.
Supervision and accountability of vocational agriculture teachers
employed for extended contracts are the responsibility of the local
school board.
2. Submission of an annual summer program by each vocational
agriculture instructor, employed on an extended contract basis.
3. The following reports shall be made available to the council
for agricultural education upon request:
a. A summary of summer activities completed for each
vocational agriculture instructor employed on an extended contract.
b. A summary of supervised agricultural experience programs
conducted during the year in vocational agriculture.
4. Provision for instructional supervision for agricultural
occupational experience programs. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1264, §2