Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part LXV - Bulletin 106-Agriculture Education Content Standards Curriculum Framework › Chapter 1 - General › Section LXV-109 - Agricultural Education Commission

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Functions. The function of an advisory council is to advise the board, directly
				or through its committees, in the discharge of policymaking, supervisory
				control, and budgetary duties and responsibilities. Specific functions of an
				advisory council are determined by the establishing statute or policy. Advisory
				councils deal exclusively with matters referred by the board or the LDE.
				Matters referred to advisory councils include external input regarding funding
				decisions, policy matters reviewed for local impact, bulletin revisions
				containing policies or supervisory controls, and matters particular to a
				council for which it was created. The LDE staff provides the board with a
				statewide and nationwide perspective on certain issues, while advisory councils
				respond from a local or community perspective.
B. Composition. Unless otherwise provided by
				state or federal law, each advisory council of the board is created by board
				policy. The policy determines the size of the council membership; the
				appointing authority; the persons, organizations, affiliations, or interest
				groups to be represented on a council; and the length of term.
C. Agricultural Education Commission (AEC)
				Established
1. Authority per
				R.S.
				17:185.4 and BESE policy.
2. Function and Responsibilities:
a. Program Evaluation. Assist the state
				superintendent of education in the ongoing evaluation of agricultural education
				programs in elementary and secondary schools.
b. State Plan Review. Review the state action
				plan for agricultural education and provide recommendations to BESE regarding
				revisions to policy or curricula necessary for state agricultural education
				programs and initiatives to remain responsive to the needs of students and the
				agricultural community.
c. Delivery
				System. Continually review the state agricultural education delivery system to
				provide guidance and recommendations to the LDE regarding content standards,
				curricula, agriculture focused IBCs, educator professional development, and
				strategies to promote agricultural literacy and student awareness of
				educational and career opportunities in agricultural fields.
d. Facilitate the development of partnerships
				and collaboration with agriculture-based industries and stakeholders.
e. Provide guidance and support toward the
				development and establishment of agriculture immersion programs in elementary
				and secondary schools that allow students to master an understanding of the
				importance of agriculture, related fields, and occupations to the state,
				nation, and world.
3.
				The membership of the AEC shall consist of 17 exofficio representatives from
				K-12 and postsecondary education, state agencies, and organizations related to
				agriculture, and agriculture education, or a designee, as follows:
a. state superintendent of
				education.
b. commissioner of
				higher education.
c. Louisiana
				Community and Technical College System, president.
d. LSU College of Agriculture,
				vice-president.
e. Southern
				University Agricultural Center, chancellor.
f. Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service,
				director.
g. Louisiana Department
				of Agriculture and Forestry, commissioner.
h. Louisiana Agriscience Teachers
				Association, president.
i.
				Louisiana FFA, president.
j.
				Louisiana FFA, state executive director.
k. Louisiana 4-H Foundation, chairman of the
				board of trustees.
l. Louisiana
				Farm Bureau Federation, president.
m. Louisiana Department of Economic
				Development, secretary.
n.
				Louisiana Workforce Commission, secretary.
o. Louisiana Association of Business and
				Industry, president.
p. Louisiana
				Association of Educators, president.
q. Louisiana Federation of Teachers,
				president.