Definitions

(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. REGULATIONS FOR APPORTIONING FUNDS UNDER THE CHAPTER 1540-1-3 AGRICULTURAL AND HOME ECONOMICS ENDOWMENT TRUST FUND (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.”