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Board limits online cosmetology instruction to 50% of curriculum, caps recorded lessons at 10%
Summary
After months of discussion, the board voted to allow up to half of a licensure curriculum to be delivered via virtual/distance education but limited asynchronous (recorded, non‑live) instruction to no more than 10% of total required hours; formal rulemaking will follow.
The State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners voted to authorize rulemaking that would allow up to 50% of any cosmetology‑license curriculum to be delivered through distance or virtual education, with a specific cap of 10% of total hours that may be asynchronous (recorded or non‑live) instruction.
Legal counsel Joe Warden framed the distinction: synchronous instruction occurs when an instructor is live and interacting with students via videoconference; asynchronous instruction consists of…
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