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 Plan I. 1/ Two consecutive 60-minute periods
 of class instruction per day, five days per week,
 for one year; and one 60-minute period of instruc-
 tion per day, five days per week, for the other
 years.

 Plan II. Two consecutive 60-minute periods of
 class instruction per day, two days per week,
 and one 60-minute period per day, three days
 per week, for each class each year.

 Plan II. (Modified) One 60-minute period per
 day, five days per week for each class for two
 years, two consecutive 60-minute periods per
 day two days per week, and one 60-minute
 period three days per week, for each class for
 two years. (This assumes that there is a
 four-year program of vocational agriculture in
 operation. A teacher may have four classes
 divided into Agriculture I, II, III, and IV; or
 three classes, Agriculture I (9th grade), II
 (10th grade), and III (11th grade and 12th
 grade combination). If the latter system is
 employed, Agriculture III should be taught one
 year and Agriculture IV the next.

 Plan III. Two consecutive 45-minute periods, of
 class instruction per day, five days per week,
 for each class each year.

 2.43 Qualifications of Teachers.

 2.43-1 Professional Preparation in Agricultural Educa-
 tion. See footnote, p. 24 of this Section.

 2.43-2 Technical Preparation in Agriculture. Each
 teacher will have a minimum of 20 semester
 hours in science and not less than 50 semester
 hours in technical agriculture, the latter to
 include credit in farm crops, soils, animal
 husbandry, poultry, agricultural economics,


1/ The double period for vocational agriculture may be arranged for any
 one of the classes (Agriculture I, II, III, or IV). However, it is
 recommended by the State Department of Education that the double
 period be arranged for Agriculture III and IV.