Agricultural Conservation Mentorship Act

The bill would amend Section 1252 of the Food Security Act to authorize the Experienced Services Program to assist cooperative initiatives that improve higher education teaching programs, including paid work-based learning, and to add definitions that align the program with federal higher education, land-grant, and workforce development laws.

• Colleges and universities would gain a clear mechanism to receive program support for improving agricultural teaching and paid work-based learning programs.
• Land-grant colleges and universities are defined by statute so cooperative initiatives involving them are explicitly covered.
• Students would see more paid work-based learning tied to higher education agricultural programs, which may expand hands-on, paid learning opportunities.