Unlinked Hours are not associated with an instructional setting, and should be entered only when there is a valid reason to do so in the student or tutor record, such as tracking the amount of time a student spends on intake and/or assessment. Typically all instructional hours are associated with a class, group, workshop, or pair. Tutors with no assignments and unlinked instruction hours will not be included in the Current Fiscal Year filter when overall status is Never Started or Left, although students will be.
In some states, the Department of Education has a policy on how many hours are allowed to be logged as Unlinked Hours, so if you are considering entering Unlinked Hours you may want to check with your state office before doing so.
Follow the links to learn more about Hour attributes:
Students: https://laces.literacypro.com/Help/LACESNexGen/NetHelp/index.html#!Documents/hourstab.htm
Tutors: https://laces.literacypro.com/Help/LACESNexGen/NetHelp/index.html#!Documents/hourstab3.htm