Sec. 9. (a) A career and technical education youth organization fund is established to assist in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the secretary of education.

     (b) The secretary of education may award grants from the career and technical education youth organization fund for combined career and technical activities of the organizations that are an integral part of the instructional program in career and technical education. Areas of career and technical instruction for which grants may be awarded include:

(1) agriculture;

(2) business and office occupations;

(3) health occupations;

(4) distributive education;

(5) home economics; and

(6) trade industrial education.

     (c) There is appropriated from the state general fund to the secretary of education a sum to be determined annually by the general assembly to implement this section.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-6-8.5.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.130; P.L.43-2021, SEC.121.