A classroom hour is a period of at least 50 minutes of actual classroom instruction out of each 60-minute segment. Additional study assignments are not counted as hours of classroom instruction.

Source: 5 SDR 12, effective August 21, 1978; 10 SDR 54, effective December 5, 1983; 12 SDR 102, effective December 22, 1985; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; transferred from § 20:56:19:03, 20 SDR 18, effective August 16, 1993; 28 SDR 28, effective September 2, 2001; 41 SDR 219, effective July 1, 2015.

General Authority: SDCL 36-21A-89(9).

Law Implemented: SDCL 36-21A-62, 36-21A-63.

Prior versions effective: 2001-09-02.