REVISION IN MEASUREMENT OF COURSES.

SEC. 316. REVISION IN MEASUREMENT OF COURSES. (a) In General.— Section 3688 is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “thirty hours” and all that follows through “full time” and inserting in lieu thereof “22 hours per week of attendance (excluding supervised study) is required, with no more than 2½ hours of rest periods per week allowed”; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out “twenty-five hours” and all that follows through “full time” and inserting in lieu thereof “18 hours per week net of instruction (excluding supervised study but which may include customary intervals not to exceed 10 minutes between hours of instruction) is required”; (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking out “in residence”; and 106 STAT. 4334 (ii) by inserting “, other than a course pursued as part of a program of education beyond the baccalaureate level,” after “semester-hour basis”; (D) in paragraph (6), by striking out “3491(a)(2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “3034(a)(3), 3241(a)(2) or 3533(a)”; and (E) by striking out paragraph (7) and all that follows to the end of the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(7) an institutional course not leading to a standard college degree offered by an educational institution on a standard quarter- or semester-hour basis shall be measured as full time on the same basis as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, but if the educational institution offering the course is not an institution of higher learning, then in no event shall such course be considered full time when it requires less than the minimum weekly hours of attendance required for full time by paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, as appropriate.”; (2) in subsection (b), by striking out “34” and inserting in lieu thereof “30, 32,”; and (3) by striking out subsections (c), (d), and (e). (b) Independent Study.— Section 3532(c) is amended by striking out paragraphs (3) and (4). (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section apply to enrollments in courses beginning on or after July 1, 1993.