AM-Lancnlar Farming, Saturday, Hay 16,1992
Rep. Stairs Proposes Ag-Ed Act
(Continued from Pago A 32)
tude when the majority of students
were the children of farmers, or
spent part of their childhood farm
ing and working on farms, but
now, with school-aged children
knowledgable about agriculture
being in the vast minority, the stu
dents have no opportunity to learn
about basic, important aspects of
living, such as, what food is and
from where it comes.
“That’s where I was hoping that
we can better educate our citi
zens,” Stairs said.
The proposal would give pow
ers and duties to the secretary of
education. It would be his respon
sibility, with the aid of a 13-mem
ber agriculture council, to:
• Conduct a periodic assess
ment of school-based agricultural
education throughout the state.
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and resource information to educa
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cies on agricultural education, the
existing, but not widely used, “Ag
in the Classroom” programs, and
to support and maintain an inven
tory of agricultural education
materials, programs and resources
available throughout the state and
nation.
• Identify, recognize and estab
lish awards for exemplary agricul
tural science curricula.
• Make sure that schools assess
the “learning outcomes” for agri
cultural education.
(“Learning outcomes” is a new
phrase being used to mean know
ledge which students gain from
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• Provide grants (under the sec
retary’s discretionary approval) to
groups which actually put together
and carry out Ag in the Classroom
programs, and those which prom
ote agricultural literacy: and also
to those programs developed local
ly by an occupational advisory
committee in local school districts.
• Prepare a guidance document,
in consultation with the council,
for administering the grants.
Also, under the proposal, the
secretary of education is to submit
an annual report to the governor
and the General Assembly which
would outline the state’s agricul
tural education programs and
achievements. He would also
include recommendations for
future program needs in the report
The proposal for a 13-member
Advisory Council on Agricultural
Education is to create a board
chaired by the secretary of educa
tion. The other members would
include the secretary of agriculture
and 11 people appointed by the
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secretary of education.
The limits on the education sec
retary’s appointments would be
that he would have to have three
members representing food pro
cessing industry; three active, resi
dent commercial fanners; three
representatives of the commercial
ag marketing industry; one rep
resentative of an agricultural col
lege from a state-related universi
ty; and one member selected from
a list submitted by PVATA.
Under the proposal, the rep
resentatives of the various agricul
ture industries would have to be
chosen from a list provided by the
Pennsylvania Council of Farm
Organizations and the public at
large.
There would be no pay for sit
ting on the council, but actual
expenses required would be
reimbursed.
The funding for the program is
probably the most difficult obsta
cle, according to Rep. Stairs.
“The only problem, obviously,
is that it is a tight year financially
and any new programs have to be
scrutinized. I hope we don’t have
too much resistance,” he said.
The proposal seeks a one-year
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allocation of $250,000. The money
would be appropriated into the
Agricultural Education Fund,
which would also be a new and
protected source of money for
agricultural education.
The Agriculture Education
Fund would be a “special, nonlaps
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according to the proposed
document.
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moneys placed in the hind and
interest that accrued would be used
specifically for carrying out the
intentions and duties specified in
the act
Although just introduced, A 1
Myers, Pennsylvania Governmen
tal Relations mananger, said, “It’s
a progressive step in the develop
ment of Ag in die Classroom and
agricultural education in whole.
It’s about time that we take these
steps. We support it and we think
it’s a good deal.”
Robert Lauffer, president of the
PVATA, said, *Tvc been encour
aged by the movement of the State
Board of Education with respect to
agriculture education, and I see the
Ag education bill as a logical com
plement to the board’s action.”
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