BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 1863: Ag., food, nat. resource ed.

Concerning agriculture, food, and natural resource education.

Summary

Reconstitutes the vocational agriculture education service area program of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) as a program in the agriculture, food, and natural resource career cluster area (agriculture education program).
Establishes duties, funding, and staffing requirements for the agriculture education program.
Requires the OSPI to provide every student enrolled in an approved agriculture, food, and natural resource education course with membership to the corresponding career and technical student organizations (CTSOs).
Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Board of Directors of the Washington FFA Association, to adopt and periodically implement rules to implement the agriculture education program and the student CTSO membership provisions.

From the House Bill Analysis 2019 (HB 1863), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to supporting effective agriculture, food, and natural resource education;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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