As a student in school(with over 1300 hours into the program) it baffles me that you would want to reduce the hours. I barely feel comfortable graduating at 1500 hours never mind 1000 hours. Most people after graduating school with 1500 hours go on to assist at a salon for six months to a year because they don’t have enough experience yet to become a stylist. The industry is only as strong as our weakest link and a student graduating at 1000 hours will significantly hurt the industry as a whole. On top of all the concerns with that, the new curriculum will hurt all students in so many ways. As a cosmetology student, I came to school with the intention to learn mainly about hair. If I wanted to learn about esthetician related study, I would go to esthetician school. So now students will graduate with 1000 hours and know even less about hair related information. I think this is a big mistake and see no validation to your proposal!