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Food Science Equivalency Credit

 
The Department of Public Instruction is committed to expanding opportunities for students to meet graduation requirements. In 2010, Wisconsin released information about establishing local science equivalency credit to food science courses.

Please feel free to contact the Career and Technical Education Team at DPIequivalency@dpi.wi.gov if you have any questions about the Family and Consumer Sciences equivalency credit process.

Informational Resource

FCS/Science Equivalency Process Step-by-Step
 

  1. Establish a committee to review the Family and Consumer Sciences course(s) for science equivalent status.
  2. Review the knowledge and skills of the course the district is seeking for equivalency.
  3. Perform a crosswalk of current standards for Family and Consumer Sciences and science. Use the sample crosswalk template on the science equivalency webpage . For the Food Science course, the task force has already crosswalked courses that can be found on the same page as above. The final process is for the local teacher/committee to review the local curriculum to the crosswalk and include the number of days/hours and knowledge and skills.
  4. Request school board approval for the equivalent course.
  5. Submit all documentation which includes:
    • List of committee members and their titles
    • PI 1803-FS form
    • Documentation of the equivalent course content/syllabus with instruction time
    • Completion of the crosswalk.
  6. The equivalent course will be documented on the student’s transcripts by the school district using a standard identification system.
    • Example: Food Science ES
    • The Family and Consumer Sciences equivalent course is to be listed under the Family and Consumer Sciences department. It is a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher teaching a Family and Consumer Sciences course. It is the district’s decision to allow this course for the equivalent option.
  7. The equivalent course documents will be reviewed and the school districts will be notified within 60 days of receipt.
  8. If the equivalent course is accepted, the information will be processed into a database, which will be shared with the UW-System for their reference. The database will be updated annually and shared with the UW-System each year.