49-11-103 - Vocational agriculture Funding.
49-11-103. Vocational agriculture Funding.
(a) The state supervisor of vocational agriculture, 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 vocational education funds, appropriated by the state for the purpose of promoting vocational agriculture through the vocational agriculture students of this state.
(b) The money authorized in subsection (a) shall be used for:
(1) Offering scholarships to vocational agriculture students;
(2) Promoting contests in crops and livestock, including the expenses of the state's vocational livestock judging teams to the national shows;
(3) Maintaining and improving state summer training camp for the vocational agriculture students of the state;
(4) Providing expenses of the delegates of the vocational agriculture students to their national convention; and
(5) Providing expenses of Tennessee's master teacher of vocational agriculture to the southern regional conference of vocational agriculture workers.
(c) The amount of money set forth in subsection (a) shall become available on July 1 of each year.
[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.]