Smith Hughes Act By zoeco09@yahoo.com Jan 24, 1917 Smith Hughes Act to fund vocational education Established funding for vocational agriculture. Jan 27, 1928 FFA became a national organization Jan 24, 1950 FFA became one of few student organizations to recieve a Federal Charter Jan 24, 1965 FFA & NFA merged Jan 24, 1969 Girls were allowed in FFA for the first time Jan 24, 1988 Name changed from Future Farmers of America Jan 24, 2012 National covention completes 7 year run