This award provides financial and technical support to texas aandm agrilife extension services-integrated pest management (IPM)

The purpose of this award is to improve over two decades of outdated integrated pest management educational materials and media for the state of texas mandated public school IPM coordinators training to prepare the state of texas to transition to the next generation of IPM educators and advance the texas public school IPM programs by engaging new employees at texas association of school business officials (tasbo), texas department of agriculture and pest management professionals. Activities:the activities under this award include convening a group of specialists to review existing outdated IPM material, creating a workgroup to discuss those outdate issues and concerns to determine material for IPM training. Update the IPM manual, an introduction to IPM in schools, along with the workbook used currently for school IPM training and convert into a uniform manual. Create/develop video modules to be utilized by agrilife learn to update the 6-hour school IPM coordinator training course and 1 hour refresher school IPM course and school garden course. Upgrading IPM training materials to a secure site and create short power point and video modules for school IPM coordinators to use to educate staff.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:deliverables include quarterly progress reports and meetings, produce updated IPM educational materials and videos, online training course, IPM training material for public school educators and staff, disseminate updated materials to texas county extensions, texas school board members, and school facility directors. There are no planned subawards under this agreement.