A.  Pursuant to the licensure requirements provided in La. Rev. Stat. 37:3556, a course of study may utilize a credit hours equivalent as defined by the United States Department of Education in lieu of clock hours to measure student achievement.  A course of study using credit hours shall provide course work consistent with the rules promulgated by the board including at least five hundred hours of in-class supervised instruction.

B.  The provisions of this Section shall terminate on January 1, 2013.

Acts 2012, No. 605, §2, eff. June 7, 2012.