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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BRUBAKER, BAKER, WASHINGTON, ALLOWAY, RAFFERTY, PILEGGI, O'PAKE, YAW, EARLL, ORIE, WOZNIAK, WAUGH AND WARD, JUNE 11, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JUNE 11, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," in vocational education, further |
6 | providing for the definition of "vocational agricultural |
7 | education." |
8 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
9 | hereby enacts as follows: |
10 | Section 1. Section 1801(4) of the act of March 10, 1949 |
11 | (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is |
12 | amended to read: |
13 | Section 1801. Definitions.--The following words and phrases |
14 | as used in this article shall, unless a different meaning is |
15 | plainly required by the context, have the following meanings: |
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17 | (4) "Vocational agricultural education" shall mean that form |
18 | of vocational education which [fits for the occupations |
19 | connected with the tillage of the soil, the care of domestic |
20 | animals, forestry, and other wage-earning or productive work on |
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1 | the farm] provides students with the skills and academics needed |
2 | to enter and advance in careers in the food, agriculture and |
3 | natural resources sciences, such as production agriculture, |
4 | agribusiness management and marketing, agricultural research, |
5 | energy systems, agricultural mechanics and engineering, food |
6 | science, processing and retailing, banking, agricultural |
7 | education, forestry, horticulture, landscaping, rural-urban |
8 | interfacing and other related fields. |
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10 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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