Meeting Notice: Agriculture in the Classroom Council

The North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council (AITC) will meet at 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6^th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.
 

Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Welcome / Introductions
   1. New Council Member Karla Meikle
3. Approval of Sept. 19, 2024, Minutes
4. Update on grantees project progress
5. Use of unused funds of grantees
6. AITC in front of legislature update:
   1. Ag Day Booth
7. 2024 – Current AITC review
8. 2025-26 school year plans/ideas
   1. Classroom kits – robotics, worm farms, butterfly kits, wool spinning kits, career fair
   2. Specialty Crop Block Grant – honey kits
9. Opportunities for AITC
   1. Pride of Dakota Showcases
   2. Public events – Capital A’Fair, hosting ag career, FFA state convention, career fair, Pride of Dakota Showcases
   3. Living Ag in the Classroom
   4. Ag Mags
      1. Distribution timeline
   5. New grants opening Monday, May 12; closing June 6
   6. Review grant application
10. Next Meeting Date: June 19, 2025, at 10 a.m.
    1. Selection of grant funding
11. Adjourn