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Agricultural Education and the FFA1800’sAgriculture College Program was at UC Berkeley1903Cal Poly SLO opened the first Voc-Ed High School1905UC Davis became a vocational agriculture high schoolBakersfield HS in Kern County was the first comprehensive high school to offer agriculture education1908Gardena High School formed an agriculture program1909Oxnard and Imperial High Schools started agriculture programs191125 schools began offering agricultural education191693 schools offered agricultural education1920California Agricultural Teachers’ Association (CATA) was formed1922Judging contests were initiated1923California State Fair began1926First regional supervisor for agricultural education was hired and located at Fresno State Teachers’ College1927Six regional supervisors were on staff1928National Future Farmers of American was formed in Kansas City, Missouri1929First State Convention held for the California Future Farmers of America1934State FFA Convention moved to Cal Poly SLO1939187 chapters in the California FFA with 8,868 students enrolled in agriculture education1940Cal Poly SLO became a four-year college1949Junior colleges were reimbursed by the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act1951210 high school programs in agricultural education1961230 high school programs in agricultural education1963Agriculture was defined as more than “farming”.1965Fresno State started providing credentialed teachers for the agricultural education profession1969294 schools with agriculture programs accounting for 28,621 studentsFirst year girls were allowed to be FFA members1981405 schools had agriculture programs accounting for 45,780 students1981CATA hired a full-time Executive Director – first in the countrySB187 was passed which fifteen established program standards for agriculture education1994After sixty years as Cal Poly, the State FFA Convention was relocated to Fresno2005California FFA surpassed Texas to become the largest State Association in FFA membership2009Career development events increased to 40Proficiency award areas increased to 532014314 high schools had agricultural education programs which accounted for 76,451 students2015Over 5,000 students will attend the State FFA Convention in Fresno ................
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