The 12 Hour Law (1012.945 Fla.Stat.) is a Florida law that requires that “each full-time equivalent teaching faculty member at a university who is paid wholly from state funds shall teach a minimum of 12 classroom contact hours per week.”
Details of how the 12 Hour Law is applied are described in the 12 Hour Law Memorandum: Standard Practice, Chancellor”s Memorandum, CM-87-17.2