Minnesota Administrative Rules

7411.0325 STUDENT AGE, QUALIFICATIONS; ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Generally.

A program shall not offer driver education:

A.

classroom or laboratory instruction to operate a class A or C motor vehicle to a student who is not at least 18 years old and in possession of at least a class D driver's license;

B.

classroom or laboratory instruction to operate a class B motor vehicle to a student who is not at least 16 years old and in possession of at least a class D driver's license;

C.

classroom or laboratory instruction for a motorcycle endorsement to a student who is not at least 15 years old; or

D.

classroom instruction to operate a class D motor vehicle or motorized bicycle to a student who is not at least 14 years old.

Subp. 2.

Motorcycle endorsement course enrollment.

A program offering a course to obtain a motorcycle endorsement must require that a student who takes the motorcycle endorsement course be enrolled in both the classroom and laboratory portions of the course.

Subp. 3.

Students under age 18.

A program offering a class D motor vehicle course to a student under the age of 18 must require the student to enroll in either the classroom phase of a program, the laboratory phase of a program, or both.

A.

Proper enrollment must be reflected in the student contract or agreement.

B.

Enrollment in either classroom instruction or laboratory instruction need not occur with the same program.

C.

A homeschooled student need only indicate enrollment in the laboratory phase of a program.

D.

Classroom instruction hours are not transferable from one program to another unless the commissioner can verify documentation of comparable instruction.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.06; 169.26; 169.446; 169.974; 171.02; 171.05; 171.055; 171.0701; 171.33 to 171.41; 299A.01

History:

28 SR 1167

Published Electronically:

April 14, 2004