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
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