One of the 156 Washington FFA members to receive their state degree in 2022.

The Washington FFA Association is proud to bestow upon its members the State FFA Degree each year at the Washington FFA Convention. This award recognizes the work put into members Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, their service to their community, and dedication to FFA at their local chapter and beyond. Members who have completed their state degree application and have met the minimum requirements set forth in our State Constitution and Bylaws receive their State Degrees, the highest honor for a member at the state level.

Submitting Approved State Degree Applications

State Degree applications are to be reviewed and approved at the district level by FFA advisors. Upon completion of the review and before March 1, 2024, one designated representative for each district is to submit the results of the district review on the Washington FFA District Review Results Template (excel) to Tamara Whitcomb (tamara.whitcomb@k12.wa.us). This needs to be the final approval list. The state will not re-review any applications. Any applications not submitted by the March 1st deadline will not be accepted.

State Degree Reference List

State degree candidates are also eligible for District and State Star Awards. If you are interested in applying for a State Star award, please visit the State Star Application page.

accessing the State Degree application

There are two ways to access the Washington State Degree Application. Instructions are as follows:

  • Using AET, students have completed records and can choose Reports, FFA Awards, and select 'add' to load the Washington FFA State Degree (new).    

    On the student side, the focus is records and those entries are summarized into the appropriate areas of the award.  

    • Each section or page is listed on the left side and all comes from records.

    • Each page has a "review" in AET and that will take the student to the records that are listed on the page

    • This follows the exact process for all the new FFA awards, so will help in other awards.

    The final step in the awards is to print the application, which is a print out that can be reviewed as in the past.  Each page has a "Version number" so if any financial or journal data is updated, print the entire application over. The cover page and manual check sheet have no version number, so those can be replaced with any new printed version.

    As a teacher, you can review and assist students from the teacher side of AET, by:

    • Logging in as the teacher

    • Select Reports, and then FFA awards

    This will show any students with a degree in progress, or as the teacher you can add a degree into any FFA member's account

    The instructions page has an "unlock" the application, and that allows users to just add/edit data on the applications pages.

    Electronic signatures can be submitted through AET.

  • Not using AET, student can go to FFA.org, choose the FFA Application Center >> Local & State, and then the site will require the member to login.  After log-in, the site will redirect to an AET-based application page.