§ 280.20 — Career and technical agriculture education

Iowa § 280.20

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 280: UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS

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1. It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage the public secondary schools
to develop comprehensive programs for career and technical 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 career and technical education in agriculture technology.
2. a. It is also the intent of the general assembly to encourage the development of
programs for career and technical 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.
(2) Submission of an annual summer program by each career and technical agriculture
instructor employed on an extended contract basis.
(3) Provision for instructional supervision for agricultural occupational experience
programs.
b. Supervision and accountability of career and technical agriculture teachers employed
for extended contracts are the responsibility of the local school board.