§ 15.1-21-03 — High school unit - Instructional time

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, each unit must consist of at least one hundred
twenty hours of student engagement per school calendar.
2. The following units must consist of at least one hundred fifty hours of student
engagement per school calendar: natural sciences, agriculture, business and office

technology, marketing, diversified occupations, trade and industrial education,
technology education, and health careers.
3. The hour requirements of this section are subject to reductions resulting from the
holidays and nonstudent contact days provided for in section 15.1-06-04.
4. This section does not apply to schools or school districts having block schedules
approved by the superintendent of public instruction.
5. This section does not apply to units attained from a district-approved mastery
framework under section 15.1-21-03.