html options from template

Hi,

I would like to have my options come from the template to make it easy
for designers to add/edit them instead of assigning from a PHP array.

Something like this

<select name="hdegree">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="High School" {isselected v=$hdegree o="High School"}>High
School</option>
<option value="Trade School" {isselected v=$hdegree, o="Trade
School"}>Trade School</option>
<option value="Associates Degree" {isselected v=$hdegree, o="Associates
Degree"}>Associates Degree</option>
<option value="Bachelor Degree" {isselected v=$hdegree, o="Bachelor
Degree"}>Bachelor Degree</option>
<option value="Advanced Degree" {isselected v=$hdegree, o="Advanced
Degree"}>Advanced Degree</option>
</select>

But would like it easier. I don't think this assign is valid but just
for sake of how I would like to do it.

{assign var=degrees value=array("High School","Trade School","Associates
Degree","Bachelor Degree","Advanced Degree")}

<select name="hdegree">
{html_options values=$degrees output=$degrees selected=$hdegree}
</select>

Maybe a variable modifier could turn something like this into a smarty
array variable?

{"High School,Trade School,Associates Degree,Bachelor Degree,Advanced
Degree"|arrayify:"degrees"}

Thanks,
Dustin