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Career and Technical Education (Public LEAs Only)
Jaidaa Shafaei
heather.kluck
The Student Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Association represents the career and technical education program(s) that a student participates in or receives services from. The association is an extension of the /StudentProgramAssociation particular for CTE programs.
CTE data is NOT expected from Choice schools.
Ed-Fi Tech Docs: https://techdocs.ed-fi.org/display/EDFICERT/v3+Student+Program+%3E+StudentCTEProgramAssociation
Data Properties:
# | Resource Name | Property Name | Data Type | Public (Required/ Optional/ Conditional) | Choice (Required/ Optional/ Conditional) | Business Definition | Data Element Page |
1.0 | studentCTEProgramAssociation | beginDate* | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The earliest date the student is involved with the program. Typically, this is the date the student becomes eligible for the program. | |
2.0 | educationOrganizationId* | integer | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The identifier assigned to an education organization. | ||
3.0 | programName* | string | REQ’D | NOT REQ'D | The formal name of the program of instruction, training, services, or benefits available through federal, state, or local agencies. | ||
4.0 | programTypeDescriptor* | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The type of program. See program type and name for CTE below. | N/A | |
5.0 | studentUniqueId* | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | A unique alphanumeric code assigned to a student. | ||
6.0 | cipCode (Moved under cteProgramServices starting 2025-26) | string | Optional | NOT REQ'D | Number and description of the CIP Code associated with the student's CTEProgram. | ||
7.0 | certificatedProgramStatusDescriptor | string | REQ’D | NOT REQ'D | Indicator of Certificated Program Status. | ||
8.0 | cteProgramAreaDescriptor | string | REQ’D | NOT REQ'D | WI Program areas of concentration. | ||
9.0 | careerPathwayDescriptor | string | REQ’D | NOT REQ'D | A sequence of courses within an area of interest that is a student's educational road map to a chosen career. | ||
| cteProgramServiceDescriptor | string | NOT REQ' | NOT REQ’D | Indicates the service being provided to the student by the CTE program | ||
10.0 | endDate | string | REQ’D | NOT REQ'D | The month, day, and year on which the student exited the program or stopped receiving services. | ||
11.0 | studentSectionAssociation | beginDate | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | Month, day, and year of the Student's entry or assignment to the Section. | |
12.0 | localCourseCode | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The local code assigned by the School that identifies the course offering provided for the instruction of students. | ||
13.0 | schoolId | integer | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The identifier assigned to a school. | ||
14.0 | schoolYear | integer | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The identifier for the school year. | ||
15.0 | sectionIdentifier | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The local identifier assigned to a section | ||
16.0 | sessionName | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The identifier for the calendar for the academic session (e.g., 2010/11, 2011 Summer). | ||
17.0 | studentUniqueId | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | A unique alphanumeric code assigned to a student. | ||
18.0 | programName (moved to core starting 2025-26) | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The formal name of the Program of instruction, training, services, or benefits available through federal, state, or local agencies. See program types and names below. | ||
19.0 | programTypeDescriptor (moved to core starting 2025-26) | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | The type of program. See program types and names below. | N/A | |
20.0 | attemptStatusDescriptor | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | An indication of the student's completion status for the section. | https://dpi.wi.gov/wise/data-elements/attempt-status-descriptor | |
21.0 | endDate | string | REQ'D | NOT REQ'D | Month, day, and year of the withdrawal or exit of the Student from the Section. |
Descriptors & Programs:
Namespace | Code Value | Short Description | Description |
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Namespace | Code Value | Short Description | Description |
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uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor (on /SCETEPA) | CTE | Career and Technical Education | Career and Technical Education |
uri://dpi.wi.gov/certificatedProgramStatusDescriptor | A | Completed with Certificate | Student met the requirements of the certificated program and was or is to be awarded a certificate |
B | Continuing | Student is continuing in the certificated program | |
C | Exited | Student has left the certificated program before completion | |
D | Completed without Certificate | Student completed program but did not meet the requirements for the certificate | |
uri://dpi.wi.gov/cteProgramAreaDescriptor | A | Agriculture and Natural Resources Education | Agriculture and Natural Resources Education |
B | Business and Information Technology Education | Business and Information Technology Education | |
F | Family and Consumer Science Education | Family and Consumer Science Education | |
H | Health Science Education | Health Science Education | |
M | Marketing Education | Marketing Education | |
T | Technology and Engineering Education | Technology and Engineering Education | |
uri://dpi.wi.gov/CareerPathwayDescriptor (from 2024-25 and prior)
uri://dpi.wi.gov/cteProgramServiceDescriptor (from 2025-26 onward) | 1 | Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |
2 | Architecture and Construction | Architecture and Construction | |
3 | Arts, A/V Technology and Communications | Arts, A/V Technology and Communications | |
4 | Business, Management and Administration | Business, Management and Administration | |
5 | Education and Training | Education and Training | |
6 | Finance | Finance | |
7 | Government and Public Administration | Government and Public Administration | |
8 | Health Science | Health Science | |
9 | Hospitality and Tourism | Hospitality and Tourism | |
10 | Human Services | Human Services | |
11 | Information Technology | Information Technology | |
12 | Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security | Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security | |
13 | Manufacturing | Manufacturing | |
14 | Marketing, Sales and Service | Marketing, Sales and Service | |
15 | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics | |
16 | Transportation, Distribution and Logistics | Transportation, Distribution and Logistics | |
Namespace (Program Type) | Code Value | Description (Program Type) | Program Names |
uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor (on /studentSectionAssociation) | Non Certified | Non Certified Career Education Program | Entrepreneurial Student Business |
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| Internship/Local Co-op | |
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| School-based Enterprise | |
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| Simulated Worksite | |
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| Supervised Agricultural Experience | |
Certified | Certified Career Education Program ( Deprecated 2024-25 SY) | IRC - Not State Approved | |
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| IRC State Approved Business & Industry | |
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| IRC State Approved WTCS- Associates | |
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| IRC State Approved WTCS- Embedded Technical Diploma | |
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| IRC State Approved WTCS- Technical Diploma | |
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| State Co-op Ed. Skill Standards - DPI Employability Skills | |
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| State Co-op Ed. Skill Standards - DPI Occupational | |
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| State Co-op Ed. Skill Standards - DPI Youth Leadership | |
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| Youth Apprenticeship | |
IRC | Industry Recognized Credentials | IRC - Not State Approved | |
IRC State Approved Business & Industry | |||
IRC State Approved WTCS- Associates | |||
IRC State Approved WTCS- Embedded Technical Diploma | |||
IRC State Approved WTCS- Technical Diploma | |||
WBL | Work-based Learning (2024-25 SY and Later) | Entrepreneurial Student Business | |
Internship/Local Co-op | |||
School-based Enterprise | |||
Simulated Worksite | |||
Supervised Agricultural Experience | |||
State Co-op Ed. Skill Standards - DPI Employability Skills | |||
State Co-op Ed. Skill Standards - DPI Occupational | |||
State Co-op Ed. Skill Standards - DPI Youth Leadership | |||
Youth Apprenticeship | |||
Dual | Dual Enrollment Program | College Course with UW System | |
College Course with WI Private College | |||
College Course with WI Technical College | |||
College Course with WI Tribal College | |||
High School Course with UW System | |||
High School Course with WI Private College | |||
High School Course with WI Technical College | |||
High School Course with WI Tribal College | |||
Out-of-state Dual Enrollment |
Use Cases:
# | Use Case Title | Use Case Description | What to Submit/retrieve |
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# | Use Case Title | Use Case Description | What to Submit/retrieve |
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1.0 | Reporting certified career education programs at a course-level | Certified career education (CE) program reported at course level and program-level. When a course is identified as part of a CE program, it is not necessary for all students taking the course to be participating in the program. Consequently, DPI expects SIS/LEA to transmit student participation in a program using the /studentsectionAssociation. These career education programs differ from courses in that they don't have a definitive outcome at the end of a single course. Instead, they represent a combination of courses taken over multiple years, which is why a career education program has a Certificated Program Status. Therefore, student participation is reported on /studentSectionAssociation, while the student's certificated program status is reported on /studentCTEProgramAssociation. Starting 24-25 SY, the program type "certified" is updated to "IRC" Possible ProgramTypeDescriptor code values for reporting IRC data:
Possible programName code values for reporting IRC data:
For students with Coursework enrollment type, the Certificated Program Status is assigned to the primary enrollment. Possible CertificatedProgramStatusDescriptor code values:
| If certified CE program reported at student-level, then POST on /studentsectionAssociation: AND POST on /studentCTEProgramAssociation |
2.0 | Reporting Work Based Learning career education programs at a non-course-level | Certified career education (CE) program reported at non-course level. The student is not taking any courses offered as part of career education. However, they are engaged in fieldwork or another qualifying form of study, making them eligible to participate in the career education program. Starting 24-25 SY, the program type "certified" is updated to "IRC" Possible ProgramTypeDescriptor code values for reporting IRC data:
Possible programName code values for reporting IRC data:
For students with Coursework enrollment type, the Certificated Program Status is assigned to the primary enrollment. Possible CertificatedProgramStatusDescriptor code values:
| If certified CE program reported at course-level, then POST on /studentCTEProgramAssociation: "educationOrganizationReference": { |
3.0 | Reporting non-certified career education programs In order for a career education or career based learning experience to be considered a qualifying work based learning experience for data reporting purposes, specific criteria | Non-certified career education program can be reported at course level and non-course level. Starting 24-25 SY, the program type "non-certified" is updated to "WBL". Possible ProgramTypeDescriptor code value for reporting WBL data:
Starting 24-25 SY, the some program names have moved under the WBL program type: Possible programName code values for reporting WBL data:
| If non-certified CE program reported at course level then POST on /studentsectionAssociation: AND POST on /studentCTEProgramAssociation: |
4.0 | Reporting dual enrollment programs | Dual enrollment program can be reported at student-level and program-level. The program type "Dual" remains unchanged. ProgramTypeDescriptor code value for reporting dual enrollment data:
Possible programName code values for reporting Dual data:
| If reported at student-level then POST on /studentsectionAssociation:
If reported at program-level then submit /studentCTEProgramAssociation |
5.0 | Sending a student who has multiple certificated statuses under a single IRC program name involves indicating the certificated program status | Regardless of the number of certificates obtained under one program name (e.g., IRC State Approved Business & Industry), if a student completes one and continues to another, they should mark the certificated program status as 'Completed.' The LEA is advised to submit the most accurate status. For instance: Semester 1: IRC - CNA certificate - completed | POST on /studentCTEProgramAssociation: |
6.0 | Sending a student who's enrolled in multiple sections and participating in CE program | If a student exits a section and returns to the same section within the same term, the SIS ends the initial student section and creates a new student section with a new start date. In both instances, the student section should be associated with student program participation. Example: student left the class and joined back in the same section. student Section A student Section B | POST on /studentSectionAssociations:
"beginDate": "2024-08-10",
"beginDate": "2024-10-10", |
7.0 | Course-level participation in career education program Certificated Program participation count for primary enrollment | A course is offered as part of career education program. It could be a CTE course or not a CTE course. Student is participating in that course. At the LEA level, when a course is identified as part of career education program, it is not necessary that all the students taking the course are participating in the program. That is why DPI is expecting LEA and SIS to send student participation in a program and not course association to program In this use case, the student is participating in the career education program. These career education programs are not like a course where it has an outcome at the end of the course. As this is a program it is combination of courses that would be taken in multiple years. That is why career education program has Program Status. So student participation is reported on /studentSectionAssociation | Via API submit student participation on /StudentSectionAssociation AND Certificated Program Status for each program on /SCTEPA Example of IRC program: AND Via API submit Certificated Program Status on /studentCTEProgramAssociation for each certified program name. /studentCTEProgramAssociation programtypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#IRC",
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8.0 | Non-course level participation in career education program Not Certified Work-based learning | Student is not taking any courses offered as part of career education. However, he/she is doing some field work or could be any other form of study that qualifies the student to be a participant of the career education program So student program status is reported on /SCTEPA | See JSON sample below. |
9.0 | Certified Work-based learning (ex. Youth Apprenticeship) | final step certificated program status (Attached to student) | Via API submit /studentCTEProgramAssociation for each certified program name. /studentCTEProgramAssociation programtypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#CE", |
10.0 | Reporting Certified and Non-certified career education programs | Both certified and non-certified career education program can be reported at student-level and program-level. | If reported at student level then submit /studentSectionAssociation |
11.0 | Student took part in multiple certificates under one certified program name. | If a student, at any point doesn't matter how many different certificates under one program name (example IRC) they took part in, finished one or continued in another one, then they put 'Completed' as certificated program status. LEA should submit the best status. Example : Sem 1 - IRC - CNA certificate - completed | For the example in the usecase, Via API submit certificated program status as 'Completed' on /studentCTEProgramAssociation. /studentCTEProgramAssociation programtypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#CE", Note: Do not submit certificated program status for Certified program on /grades from 21-22SY |
12.0 | Student took part in multiple certificates under one certified program name. (2023-24 SY and Prior) | If a student, at any point doesn't matter how many different certificates under one program name (example IRC) they took part in, finished one or continued in another one, then they put 'Completed' as certificated program status. LEA should submit the best status. Example : Sem 1 - IRC - CNA certificate - completed | For the example in the usecase, Via API submit certificated program status as 'Completed' on /studentCTEProgramAssociation. /studentCTEProgramAssociation programtypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#CE", Note: Do not submit certificated program status for Certified program on /grades from 21-22SY |
13.0 | Student has multiple student section associations and participating in program. (2023-24 SY and Prior) | If a student exit the section and comes back to the same section in the same term, then SIS ends the first student section and creates a new student section with new begin date. On both the student section associate student program participation Example : For section A student left the class and joined back in the same section. Student section B | For the example in the usecase , Via API submit High School Course with Private College, FLEX on both the /studentSectionAssociations /studentsectionAssociation A /studentsectionAssociation B |
14.0 | When to report Student non-certified program participation (2023-24 SY and Prior) | Report non-certified career education programs only if the program meets the following criteria: According to Perkins V, in order for a CBLE to be considered a Work Based Learning, the experience must meet the following criteria: -Involves sustained interactions with industry or community professionals | Informational only. |
15.0 | Program Area Type Designation & Reporting (/courses & /sections ) |
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15.1 | Sending a student absent for partial or a full-school day | The studentSchoolAttendanceEvent endpoint represents the recording of attendance taken by a teacher for a section. SIS/LEAs should only report negative attendance for students marked "Excused Absence", "Excused Absence", etc. A separate studentSchoolAttendanceEvent record is submitted for each student, each school of enrollment, and each date on which the student was absent for all or part of the day. Assumptions:
Note: "positive" attendance is not captured, and only the exceptions to being in attendance are captured ("Excused Absence", "Excused Absence", etc.) | POST on /studentSchoolAttendanceEvent: POST on /studentSchoolAssociation:
POST /session: |
15.2 | Modifying student absence dates for a previously submitted record | At times, the LEA may not mark absences as excused until the approval for homebound status is granted. This delay impacts the student's attendance record, but once the approval is received, the LEA can retroactively designate the absences as excused. To update a student's attendance, follow these two steps: 1) Delete the inaccurate record, and 2) Create a new record with the correct date. | DELETE on /studentSchoolAttendanceEvent using the Ed-Fi ID (GUID). THEN POST on /studentSchoolAttendanceEvent |
15.3 | Sending attendance for a student who has multiple enrollments with in the same LEA but only one enrollment cover the count date. Test case for public school only | If a student has multiple enrollment records within the same district, and attendance before and after the count date in the district, the countDateReceivingServiceDescriptor should be reported as Present or Absent. Exampe:
In this specific case, if the student is reported as ‘Not Receiving Services’, a warning will be displayed in WISEdata Portal so that LEAs can review this student and verify the data is accurate in the SIS. LEAs should be able to override the student's countDateReceivingServiceDescriptor to be 'A - Absent'. | POST on /studentSchoolAssociation: -- School A and student was present at least before the count date POST on /studentSchoolAssociation: -- School B and student was absent all days including the count date POST on /studentSchoolAssociation: -- School C and student was present at least after the count date |
15.4 | Sending a attendance for a student who has a 'Membership' enrollment type Test case for public school only | students who are outside of the age requirement that must be met for grade levels are reported with a 'membership' enrollment type. These students will have one of the following residency statuses: R-OUTSIDEAGE, or NR-OUTSIDEAGE.
| POST on /studentSchoolAttendanceEvent: POST on /studentSchoolAssociation:
POST /session: |
15.5 | Sending attendance for a student enrolled part-time in a public school with a 'coursework' enrollment type. Test case for public school only | students who are primarily homeschooled or enrolled in a private school but taking classes in a public school should have an attendance event. These students will have one of the following residency statuses: R-HOME, R-PRIVATE, and NR-HOME.
| POST on /studentSchoolAttendanceEvent: POST on /studentSchoolAssociation:
POST /session: |
15.6 | Sending attendance for a student enrolled part-time in a public school with a 'coursework' enrollment type. Test case for public school only | students who are primarily homeschooled or enrolled in a private school but taking classes in a public school should have an attendance event. These students will have one of the following residency statuses: R-HOME, R-PRIVATE, and NR-HOME.
| POST on /studentSchoolAttendanceEvent: POST on /studentSchoolAssociation:
POST /session: |
15.0 | Delete usecases |
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15.1 | Delete /SCTEPA | Student participation records can be deleted if entry was a mistake. | Via API delete /studentCTEProgramAssociation for the program that was submitted by mistake. |
15.2 | Delete /studentsectionAssociation | Delete the dependent resource before deleting the studentsectionAssociation | If grades resource was submitted for student section then first delete /grade and the delete studentsectionAssociation |
16.0 | Career education data quality checks |
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16.1 | /SCTEPA not reported for student participating in career education program | Student program participation is reported on /studentSection but /SCTEPA is not submitted | In this case DPI will throw a validation error saying student reported as participating in career education program but actual student participation status is not reported on /SCTEPA. A student could be taking multiple sections providing career education program. The group of courses support the program status. The actual student participation in the program with the status is reported on /SCTEPA |
17.0 | CTE Concentrators |
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17.1 | Report a student who is a CTE concentrator | If student is identified as qualifying for CTE concentrator then submit /SCTEPA Student is always a concentrator in a specific pathway. LEA make sure to identify the career pathway of the student. More than one Program Area can be reported for the CTE concentrators Note : Please confirm the latest CTE concentrator definition with Jessie Sloan | Via API submit /SCTEPA { "cteConcentrationCteProgramAreas": [{ |
17.2 | Submit single Parent status for concentrator | Single Parent status is required for CTE data reporting and therefore is required for all 11th and 12th grade students. |
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17.3 | CTE Participant | LEA does not report the CTE Participant. DPI identifies the participant based on the Roster data of the student. A student is identified as a CTE participant in a district if his/her grade level is 9-12, taking at least one CTE course for which the attempt status is sufficient, and passed the course. This calculation looks for Grade level of students between 9-12 |
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18.0 | CTE Override |
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18.1 | Submit courses WI flagged as CTE but in the field it is not necessarily offered as a CTE course. | DPI is spinning the courses with CTE flag to have new Roster code with non CTE flag. LEA needs to use the new Roster code. |
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18.2 | Submit courses not flagged as CTE in DPI course download but LEA offering as CTE. | The local course title matches with non CTE DPI course but CTE licensed teachers are teaching the course so LEA is offering the course as CTE. In this case LEA still has to pick a CTE course that matches the description of the local course offered. We are only spinning the CTE courses to have non CTE identification code not the other way around. |
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18.3 | Vendors who are pulling courses from API | Vendors pulling courses from API need to make sure that new Roster courses code are populated in their SIS with the new identification code |
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JSON Sample:
{
"educationOrganizationReference": {
"educationOrganizationId": 7525
},
"programReference": {
"educationOrganizationId": 48856,
"programtypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#CTE",
"programname": "Career and Technical Education"
},
"studentReference": {
"studentUniqueId": "8660232105"
},
"beginDate": "2020-07-01",
"endDate": "2021-06-05",
"ctePrograms": [{
"careerPathwayDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/CareerPathwayDescriptor#2",
"cipCode": "23.01"
}],
"_EXT": {
"WI": {
"certificatedProgramStatusDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/CertificatedProgramStatusDescriptor#b",
"cteConcentrationCteProgramAreas": [{
"cteProgramAreaDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/CteProgramAreaDescriptor#H"
}]
}
}
}
{
"sectionReference": {
"localCourseCode": "LCC-121941",
"schoolId": 1302,
"schoolYear": 2023,
"sectionIdentifier": "Section-121941",
"sessionName": "Sessions-121941"
},
"studentReference": {
"studentUniqueId": "5281033584"
},
"beginDate": "2022-07-02",
"attemptStatusDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/AttemptStatusDescriptor#S",
"endDate": "2023-06-05",
"_ext": {
"wi": {
"programs": [{
"programReference": {
"educationOrganizationId": 48856,
"programName": "College Course with WI Tribal College",
"programTypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#Dual"
}
},
{
"programReference": {
"educationOrganizationId": 48856,
"programName": "Internship/Local Co-op",
"programTypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#WBL"
}
},
{
"programReference": {
"educationOrganizationId": 48856,
"programName": "State Co-op Ed. Skill Standards - DPI Youth Leadership",
"programTypeDescriptor": "uri://dpi.wi.gov/ProgramTypeDescriptor#Certified"
}
}
]
}
}
}Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction