38A:3-25 Full-time course equivalents established.

5. For the purposes of sections 4 through 11 of this act:

a. (1) an institutional trade or technical course offered at a nonaccredited school on a clock-hour basis involving shop practice as an integral part thereof shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 30 hours per week of attendance is required with no more than two and one-half hours of rest periods per week and no more than three hours of supervised study per week allowed;

(2) an institutional course offered at a nonaccredited school on a clock-hour basis in which theoretical or classroom instruction predominates shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 25 hours per week net of instruction, which may include customary intervals not to exceed 10 minutes between hours of instruction, is required and no more than three hours of supervised study per week is allowed;

b. (1) an institutional trade or technical course offered at an accredited school on a clock-hour basis which leads to a standard trade or technical degree and involves shop practice as an integral part thereof shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 22 hours per week of attendance is required with no more than two and one-half hours of rest periods per week and no more than three hours of supervised study per week allowed;

(2) an institutional course offered at an accredited school on a clock-hour basis which leads to a standard trade or technical degree in which theoretical or classroom instruction predominates shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 18 hours per week of instruction, which may include customary intervals not to exceed 10 minutes between hours of instruction, is required and no more than two and one-half hours of supervised study is allowed; c. an academic high school course requiring 16 units for a full course shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of four units per year is required. For the purpose of this subsection, a unit is defined to be not less than 120 60-minute hours or their equivalent of study in any subject in one academic year; and

d. an institutional undergraduate course offered by a college or university on a quarter- or semester-hour basis shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 14 semester hours or the equivalent thereof, for which credit is granted toward a standard college degree, including those for which no credit is granted but which are required to be taken to correct an educational deficiency, is required, except that when the college or university certifies, upon the request of the department, that (a) full-time tuition is charged to all undergraduate students carrying a minimum of less than 14 semester hours or the equivalent thereof or (b) all undergraduate students carrying a minimum of less than 14 semester hours or the equivalent thereof are considered to be pursuing a full-time course for other administrative purposes, then such an institutional undergraduate course offered by the college or university with the minimum number of semester hours shall be considered a full-time course, but in the event the minimum number of semester hours is less than 12 semester hours or the equivalent thereof, then 12 semester hours or the equivalent thereof shall be considered a full-time course.

Each eligible veteran may select an approved course of study at any approved educational institution selected by him, which will accept and retain him as a student or trainee in any field or branch of knowledge which the institution finds him qualified to undertake or pursue.

L.1999,c.46,s.5.