(1) The word "institutions" shall denote
public postsecondary colleges, universities, and area vocational technical
schools in Tennessee.
(2) The term
"agricultural and home economics" shall refer to programs so designated in the
U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Center for Education Statistics' publication A Classification of Programs
(hereinafter referred to as CIP); namely, CIP codes as follows:
(a) Agribusiness and Agricultural Production.
A summary of groups of instructional programs that prepare individuals to apply
scientific knowledge and methods, and technical skills in support of
agribusiness and agricultural activities concerned with the management of
agricultural enterprises, production and propagation of crops and animals,
supplies and services, mechanics, products processing and marketing, and
horticulture.
(b) Agricultural
Sciences. A summary of groups of instructional programs that describe the
production, processing, and distribution of food and fiber.
(c) Renewable Natural Resources. A summary of
groups of instructional programs that prepare individuals for activities
involving the conservation and/or improvement of natural resources such as air,
soil, water, land, fish, and wildlife for economic and recreation
purposes.
(d) Home Economics. A
summary of groups of instructional programs that describe the relationship
between the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual environment in and of
the home and family, and the development of individuals. Includes instruction
in the natural and social sciences and humanities in the development of
attitudes, knowledge, and ability pertaining to clothing and textiles, consumer
education, food and nutrition, home management, housing, human development and
family studies, and institutional management.
(e) Vocational Home Economics. A summary of
groups of instructional programs that emphasize the acquisition of competencies
(including skills and job attitudes) needed for securing and holding paid
employment at the entry and advanced levels, and/or preparing for advancement
in occupations utilizing home economics education knowledge and skills.
Vocational home economics education instructional programs are developed from
home economics education subject matter areas to meet the unique requirements
of the specific vocations. Programs that prepare individuals for paid
employment include:
(1) services to
individuals/families;
(2)
assistance to professional home economics and professionals in fields related
to home economics in industry, business, and public and private agencies;
and
(3) other services and/or
assistance directly related to one or more of the home economics subject matter
areas, offered in formal and/or informal settings combined with supervised
laboratory and work experiences.
(3) The term "promotion of leadership" shall
mean, borrowing from the language of Public Chapter 184 creating this Endowment
Fund, to engage in activities which will "encourage... young people, by means
of scholarship incentives, to enter one of many agriculture (and home
economics)-related fields."
