Some CTE courses help students meet core academic graduation requirements. If a CTE course is determined to be fully equivalent with academic standards of the core requirement, it can be recorded on a student’s transcript using equivalent academic high school designation and title. If a CTE course has designated equivalency, credit for one of the courses will be placed on the student’s transcript. Students generally choose which course they want placed on the transcript, and this choice is driven by their High School and Beyond Plan. The second course, which is not placed on the transcript, may be “checked off” as a “met requirement” by local counseling staff. Which course is put on the transcript and which one is “checked off” is determined by the student, based on their post high school goals as outlined in the High School and Beyond Plan.
CTE Equivalency Courses can be identified by their course code in the CTE section of each school’s course catalog.
The table below shows course codes by subject area:
| CTE course code |
Core requirement met |
| ARO |
Art |
| DRO |
Art |
| ELO |
Elective |
| FOO |
World Language |
| HEO |
Health |
| MAO |
Math |
| PEO |
Fitness |
| SCO |
Science |
| SOO |
Social Studies |
In addition, students may meet the CTE requirement through a non-CTE course that is determined to be “occupational education,” and equivalent, at a minimum, to a CTE exploratory course. Students who earn a graduation requirement credit in a non-CTE course determined to be equivalent to a CTE course will not be required to earn a second credit in the CTE course subject. The single non-CTE course meets two graduation requirements.
The CTE Equivalency/“Two-for-One” policy does not change the total number of credits the student needs to graduate.
