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HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION Awards and Expenses 1. The expenses of county and chapter teams to attend the state contest must be arranged locally. 2. State winning 4-H and FFA high school teams will be eligible to compete in the National Land & Range Judging Contest held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, each year during the month of April or May. One or more of the high scoring 4-H county and FFA chapter teams in the state contest will be certified as eligible to represent the state in the National Contest, in accordance with the guidelines given in Item 3 below. Certification forms must be filled in by the coaches of teams eligible to go to National and sent to the Florida 4-H State Office or the Florida FFA Association State Office, as appropriate, within seven days following the State Contest. 3. If 1 to 5 teams participate in a High School Division (FFA or 4-H) at the State Land Judging Contest in a given year, then the 1 (one) high FFA team and/or the 1 (one) high 4-H team, as applicable in a given Division, will be eligible to go to the National Land Judging Contest; If 6 to 10 teams participate in a High School Division (FFA or 4-H) at the State Land Judging Contest in a given year, then the 2 (two) highest FFA teams and/or the 2 (two) highest 4-H teams, as applicable in a given Division, will be eligible to go to the National Land Judging Contest; If 11 or more teams participate in a High School Division (FFA or 4-H) at the State Contest, then the 5 (five) highest FFA teams and the 5 (five) highest 4-H teams, as applicable in a given Division, will be eligible to go to the National Contest; The Trip Awards funded by and through the Florida FFA and 4-H Foundations will go only to the high team in each Division; If only one or two teams in a given Division are eligible to go to National based on the above scheme, and in the event that an eligible team is unable to represent the state in the National Contest, an alternate (2nd or 3rd through 5th place) team that can attend will be certified; and If five teams in a given Division are eligible to go to National based on the above scheme, only those five teams will be certified forward; there will be no "bumping" to the 6th high team, should one or more of the eligible teams be unable to go to the National Contest. 4. A plaque will be presented to each of the top five high scoring teams, to each high scoring team member, and to the high scoring individual in each high school division of the state contest. Rosettes will be presented to members of teams two through five and to the second through fifth high scoring individuals in each division. This represents a total of 20 plaques and 40 rosettes. MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION Awards and Expenses 1. The expenses of county and chapter middle school teams to attend the state contest must be arranged locally. 2. The state winning 4-H and FFA teams will not be eligible to compete in the National Land, Pasture & Range Judging Contest. 3. A plaque will be presented to each of the top five high scoring teams and to the high scoring individual in each division of the middle school state contest. Rosettes will be presented to members of the high scoring team in each division. This represents a total of 12 plaques and 8 rosettes. |