La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXV-107

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXV-107 - Mission Statement for Agriscience /Agribusiness/FFA

A. The Mission of the Agriscience/Agribusiness/FFA Program Education is to prepare and support individuals for careers; build awareness of and develop leadership for the food, fiber and natural resource systems; and to sustain the viability of earth and people through education in agriculture. We value and desire to achieve this mission by:

1. providing instruction in and about agriscience, food and natural resource systems;

2. serving all populations;

3. developing the whole person;

4. responding to the needs of the economic and educational marketplace;

5. advocating free enterprise and entrepreneurship education;

6. functioning as a part of the total educational system;

7. connecting classroom and laboratory instruction with real-world life and career experiences; and

8. utilizing a proven educational process which includes:

a. formal instruction in classrooms and laboratories;

b. site-based, experiential learning in supervised agricultural experience programs; and

c. leadership and personal development thru the FFA.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXV-107

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 29:2641 (December 2003).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.17:6(A)(10) and R.S. 17:10.