Lesson Topic:

 Agricultural Education History & Legislation
Objectives:
  1. List and describe foundation legislation in agricultural education;
  2. Explain historical events in the United States and describe their impact on agricultural education legislation;
  3. Reference current legislation and funding; and
  4. Contact respective legislators concerning issues affecting agricultural education, while having an understanding of the political stakeholders in agriculture in Texas and across the Nation.
Activities:
  1. Review the Lesson Plan for this lesson.
  2. Review the Power Point Presentation for this lesson
  3. Read this article from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell.
  4. Review Title I of Perkins 1998 for an understanding of Federal Career and Technology Funding Legislation. Click on the 6th version of the bill and proceed to Title I, Part C.
  5. What does No Child Left Behind have to say?
  6. Visit the following sites to determine who represents you:
    The Texas Legislature
    U.S. House of Representatives
    U.S. Senate
  7. Be ready to discuss how the following groups affect the legislative process for agricultural science programs.
    Texas Department of Agriculture
    United States Department of Agriculture
    VATAT
    NAAE
    TEA - Career And Technology Education (CATE)
    Association for Career & Technology Education (ACTE)