Section 94812 Of Article 3. Definitions From California Education Code >> Division 10. >> Title 3. >> Part 59. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.

. "Academic year" means a period, including a minimum of 30 weeks of instructional time, in which a full-time student attending an institution that measures educational program length in credit hours completes 24 semester or trimester hours or 36 quarter hours, or an institution that measures educational program length in clock hours completes at least 900 clock hours.