佛州Polk State学院获276,069美元州拨款：购无人机系统发展农业科技，高中生可修双学分
位于佛罗里达州波尔克县Lake Wales市的Polk State学院（Polk State College）JD Alexander中心11月4日宣布，该校获得佛罗里达州教育部劳动力资本化拨款（Workforce Capitalization Grant）276,069美元，用于发展农业科技教育。州长Ron DeSantis到校宣布了这笔拨款。
资金将用于购置多套无人机系统（unmanned aircraft systems），供该校AgriPolk农业项目教学使用，扩大当地高中生修读双学分（dual enrollment）的机会，并提供与无人机相关的证书课程。
AgriPolk于2025年10月启动，课程包括副学士学位与农业专科内容，并与佛罗里达大学食品与农业科学研究所（UF IFAS）及农业与生命科学学院在波尔克县合作，衔接佛罗里达大学的农业项目。学院另拟新设精准农业科技副学士学位（Associate in Science in Precision Agriculture Technology），计划11月30日提交校董会批准。
宣布仪式上，佛州教育专员Henry Mack博士与Polk State学院校长Anastasios Kamoutsas出席。校方表示，波尔克县是佛州农业重县，无人机巡田、测绘与植保正成为当地农场主的日常工具，课程意在让学生毕业即能上手。
（来源：Polk State学院）
Florida's Polk State College Gets $276,069 State Grant: Drone Systems for Agricultural Technology and Dual Enrollment
The JD Alexander Center of Polk State College, in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, announced on November 4 that the college has received a $276,069 Workforce Capitalization Grant from the Florida Department of Education to develop agricultural technology education. Governor Ron DeSantis announced the award at the college.
The money will buy multiple unmanned aircraft systems (drones) for teaching in the college's AgriPolk agriculture program, expand dual-enrollment opportunities for local high school students, and support drone-related certificate offerings.
AgriPolk launched in October 2025 with an associate degree pathway and agricultural coursework, working with the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF IFAS) and its College of Agricultural and Life Sciences in Polk County to connect students into UF agriculture programs. The college also plans a new Associate in Science in Precision Agriculture Technology, slated to go to its board for approval on November 30.
Florida Education Commissioner Dr. Henry Mack and Polk State President Anastasios Kamoutsas attended the announcement. The college says Polk County is one of Florida's agricultural centers, and drones for scouting, mapping and crop protection are becoming everyday tools on local farms.
(Source: Polk State College)
来源：Polk State学院
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图片来源：农业无人机在田间作业（资料图）。Shreesha Sharma 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / An agricultural drone working over a field (file photo). Photo by Shreesha Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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