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 the certification requirements prescribed by the State
 Board for Vocational Education to teach in a vocational
 program in home economics as well as those requirements
 prescribed by the Florida State Board of Education for the
 supervision of special subjects.

 1.72 Experience in Vocational Home Economics Education. The
 local supervisor shall have at least three years of success-
 ful teaching experience, including at least one.year of
 experience in a vocational program in home economics
 involving work with both in-school and adult groups. At
 least two years of the teaching experience or graduate
 work shall have been within a three-year period just prior
 to employment as supervisor.


2.0 PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION

 2.1 Program for In-School Groups.

 2.11 Purpose and Scope of the Program. The vocational program
 in homemaking education shall be designed to meet the home-
 making needs of persons who will be no less than fourteen
 years of age by January 1 of the school year in which enroll-
 ment will occur, or who are enrolled in the ninth grade.
 The program should provide for instruction in the areas
 of child care and development; clothing and textiles; food
 and nutrition; health, home safety, and home care of the
 sick; housing; personal, social and family relationships;
 and consumer problems and home management.

 2.12 Methods for Determining Curriculum Offerings. Local needs
 are considered in establishing the local program which is
 in turn reflected in the state program as developed in the
 Florida Homemaking Education bulletin.

 2.13 Organization. Each class should have a minimum of five
 60-minute periods a week gross (preferably not less than
 55 consecutive minutes net) or the equivalent devoted to
 homemaking education. Time shall be provided in the
 teacher's schedule for planning and/or conferences with
 pupils regarding their home projects.

 A minimum of two years of instruction in homemaking
 education shall be provided, including the required year
 in high school (9th grade and above). The program of the
 ninth grade in a junior high school may be approved if the