Minnesota Administrative Rules

7411.0555 CLASS D PROGRAM LABORATORY SCHEDULE; HOURS.

A.

A class D motor vehicle program:

(1)

must not provide more than two hours of laboratory instruction per day to a student under 18 years old in a class D motor vehicle;

(2)

must provide a class D driver education student who is less than 18 years old with a minimum of six hours of laboratory instruction;

(3)

except for the instruction offered in class A, B, or C vehicles, must not give a student more than 30 hours of laboratory instruction without the written authorization of the commissioner; and

(4)

may substitute range driving hours for laboratory instruction hours if:

(a)

the student has in possession a valid Minnesota instruction permit;

(b)

the student is operating the class D motor vehicle; and

(c)

no more than two hours of range instruction are substituted for one hour of the daily laboratory instruction permitted in subitem (1).

B.

Total on-street time for class D motor vehicle laboratory instruction must not be less than four hours of the required six hours of laboratory instruction. However, if a program providing class D motor vehicle instruction provides both range and simulator instruction, no less than three hours of on-the-road laboratory instruction may be provided if the program also provides:

(1)

at least eight hours of simulator instruction; and

(2)

at least two hours of range instruction.

C.

Observation time in a class D motor vehicle does not count as laboratory instruction time.

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