Thanks agdm619, I did try your solution but it gets complex trying to keep track all values for each option
My main goal is to able to get the value attribute to mach the text
Go from this
<select class="element select large" id="element_49" name="element_49">
<option value="" selected="selected"></option>
<option value="1">Unclassified</option>
<option value="2">Class I, Division 2, Groups A-D</option>
<option value="7">Class I, Division 2, Groups B, C & D</option>
<option value="6">Class I, Division 2, Groups C & D</option>
<option value="5">Class II, Division 2 Groups F & G</option
</select>
To this
<select class="element select large" id="element_49" name="element_49">
<option value="" selected="selected"></option>
<option value="Unclassified">Unclassified</option>
<option value="Class I, Division 2, Groups A-D">Class I, Division 2, Groups A-D</option>
<option value="Class I, Division 2, Groups B, C & D">Class I, Division 2, Groups B, C & D</option>
<option value="Class I, Division 2, Groups C & D">Class I, Division 2, Groups C & D</option>
<option value="Class II, Division 2 Groups F & G">Class II, Division 2 Groups F & G</option>
</select>
It can easily be done using JavaScript but it breaks the options and omits them from being submitted.
So it there a way to EDIT the php file for the form without messing up the kernel..