FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
    Dr. Eric J. Smith
    Commissioner of Education
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Chairman
    Members
    Lucy D. Hadi, Chancellor
    DR. AKSHAY DESAI
    Division of Workforce Education
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
    November 24, 2008
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    Contact Information:
    MEMORANDUM
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    Jodi Tillman
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    850-245-9439
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    TO:
    District Superintendents
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    Jodi.Tillman@fldoe.org
    District
    Assistant
    Superintendents
    District Career Education Contacts
    District
    Guidance
    Contacts
    High
    School
    Principals
    High School Guidance Counselors
    FROM:
    Lucy D. Hadi
    SUBJECT:
    Major Areas of Interest and CTE Courses on the Proposed Practical Arts List
    Recently, 215 Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses were proposed to satisfy the Fine Arts
    graduation requirement. As many students will be taking advantage of this opportunity, it is important to
    remember that a CTE course from the list used to satisfy the Fine Arts graduation requirement can not be
    used as one of the student’s four Major Area of Interest (MAI) courses.
    Because a student may not use core requirements as MAI courses, the student would need to take an
    additional course within their chosen MAI. For example, if a student’s MAI is Math they would have to
    take the four math courses required for graduation plus an additional four math courses. If their MAI is
    BUS ED - Web Design Services and they are enrolled in Web Design 1 (which they intend to use to meet
    their Fine Arts graduation requirement) they would not be able to use Web Design 1 as one of the courses
    to meet their four credit MAI requirements and, therefore, would need to choose an additional course
    within the BUS ED - Web Design Services course list to satisfy the MAI requirement.
    The following links may be helpful: http://www.fldoe.org/schools/pdf/ListPracticalArtsCourses.pdf (link
    to Practical Arts Course list); and http://www.fldoe.org/faq/default.asp?Dept=311&ID=1117 (link for
    MAI answers).
    Please direct any questions to Jodi Tillman at the contact information listed above.
    LH/lc/jt
    325 W. GAINES STREET • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0505 • www.fldoe.org

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