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Major Areas of Interest (MAIs)

Legislation

Section 1003.428, F.S., General requirements for high school graduation; revised— states:
(1) …beginning with students entering their first year of high school in the 2007-2008 school year, graduation requires the successful completion of… (2)(b)(1) Four credits in a major area of interest, such as sequential courses in a career and technical program, fine and performing arts, or academic content area, selected by the student as part of the education plan required by s. 1003.4156. Students may revise major areas of interest each year as part of annual course registration processes and should update their education plan to reflect such revisions.

Major Areas of Interest

Resources

Reporting Major Areas of Interest

Major Area of Interest credit is recorded on a student’s transcript per the FASTER User Manual formats (Appendix I, T4 – Course). The following Department resources are available to assist school districts identify which majors and courses students intend to utilize.

  • FACTS.org ePEP Course File - This file contains a complete download of ePEP planner information including student demographics, settings, planned courses, and major area of interest (MAI) selections. A new file is available the first Tuesday of every month (in May, the files are provided every Tuesday; files are not provided in August) at NWRDC for authorized users in the Bright Futures Directory, file name OB.DXnn.FACTS.EPEP.COURSES (where ‘nn’ is the school district number).
  • DOE Reconciliation File – This file compares the MAI information in the FACTS ePEP Course file and/or MAI information entered on a student’s transcript and returns the result. For example, if a student planned to take major 6111 in their ePEP, the reconciliation process will look to see if the student took any high school courses approved for major 6111, and returns the result of the comparison. This file is only available a few times a year, typically following when transcripts are sent, and posted at NWRDC in the Bright Futures directory, file name OB.DXnn.FACTS.RECON.Dyyyymm (where ‘nn’ is the school district number, ‘yyyy’ is the calendar year, and ‘mm’ is the calendar month; values of ‘mm’ will be ‘03’, ‘06’, and ‘11’ with the datasets available after the end of March, June, and November).

Contacts

If you have any questions regarding Major Areas of Interest, contact Helen Lancashire at , or (850) 922-3727.

If you require assistance with the Online Data Entry for District Submission of High School Major Areas of Interest, contact Andrea Latham at , or (850) 245-0518.