(a) The state supervisor of agriculture education, 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 career and technical funds, appropriated by the state for the purpose of promoting agriculture education through the agriculture education students of this state.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-11-103

  • Agriculture: means :
    (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Livestock: means all equine as well as animals that are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utilization or consumption including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The money authorized in subsection (a) shall be used for:

(1) Offering scholarships to agriculture education students;
(2) Promoting contests in crops and livestock, including the expenses of the state’s agriculture education livestock judging teams to the national shows;
(3) Maintaining and improving state summer training camp for the agriculture education students of the state;
(4) Providing expenses of the delegates of the agriculture education students to their national convention; and
(5) Providing expenses of Tennessee’s master teacher of agriculture education to the southern regional conference of agriculture education workers.
(c) The amount of money set forth in subsection (a) shall become available on July 1 of each year.
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