N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-01-22

4.1-01-22. Agriculture in the classroom program

1. The agriculture commissioner shall administer an agriculture in the classroom program

with the advice of the agriculture in the classroom council.

2. The agriculture in the classroom council consists of seven individuals. The agriculture

commissioner shall appoint six council members. The seventh council member is the

superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee. Annually, the

council shall elect one of its members to serve as the chairman.

3. At the call of the chairman, the council shall meet at least twice each year, to confer

with and advise the agriculture commissioner regarding issues related to the

agriculture in the classroom program.

4. The agriculture commissioner may award grants and contract with any person for the

provision of an agriculture in the classroom program, the development of agricultural

curriculum activities applicable to students from kindergarten through grade twelve,

and the training of teachers in agricultural curriculum activities.

5. The agriculture commissioner may:

a. Consult and work with the superintendent of public instruction, the department of

career and technical education, the United States department of agriculture, and

any other public or nonpublic entities to provide and promote an agriculture in the

classroom program;

b. Prepare instructional, informational, and reference publications on the North

Dakota agricultural economy and rural lifestyles;

c. Provide training programs for public school teachers in agricultural curriculum

activities;

d. Encourage research on and identification of new instructional, informational, and

reference publications relating to this state's agricultural economy and rural

lifestyles; and

e. Monitor the quality and condition of the agriculture in the classroom program.

6. The agriculture commissioner may accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations in

support of the agriculture in the classroom program. If any gifts, grants, or donations

are designated for a specific purpose, the commissioner shall honor the purpose

provided the purpose is consistent with this chapter.

7. Members of the agriculture in the classroom council may not receive any

compensation for their services on the council, but are entitled to be reimbursed for

their expenses incurred in performing their duties in the amounts provided by law for

state employees.