While there are a growing number of middle school-only FFA chapters that would qualify for the $250 national flat rate, there are a significant number of middle school and high school combined programs across the organization. After first checking with your state association for guidance and existing state policy on this topic, combined programs may have the option of remaining combined or separating into two chapters to benefit from the lower middle school-only rate.
Under the direction of the state association, combined (middle and high school) programs can include participating middle school members on the roster but are not required to include all enrolled students except for when they are a middle school-only flat fee chapter. Middle school members included on the chapter roster will be included in the overall enrollment count for the program.
