Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 10 - EDUCATION › Chapter 10.13 - TRAFFIC EDUCATION › Subchapter 10.13.3 - Program Standards and Course Requirements for Traffic Education › Rule 10.13.307 - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) An approved
				traffic education program for young novice drivers must:
(a) be provided only by school districts
				operating a junior high school or high school;
(b) be for students who are 15 years old or
				older, or who will reach their 15th birthday within six months of course
				completion;
(c) be taught by a
				teacher(s) of traffic education approved by the Superintendent of Public
				Instruction;
(d) use a curriculum
				that meets the content standards and benchmarks of ARM
				10.13.402 through
				10.13.410 and includes the dangers
				of physical and cognitive distractions while driving as required by
				61-5-135,
				MCA and is based on a curriculum guide, or guides, readily available for review
				from the Superintendent of Public Instruction or traffic education staff. A
				student must meet the minimum performance objectives identified by the local
				school district and fulfill the state required hourly and minimum student
				contact day requirements contained in this part, in order to be considered as
				having successfully completed the program;
(e) use lesson plans that maximize
				student-centered learning activities and integrate objective-based route plans
				for behind-the-wheel instruction;
(f) base the successful completion of driver
				education for each student on criteria identified by the local school district;
				the minimum number of hours and student contact days; and other applicable
				standards required in this part;
(g) be scheduled so that a sufficient number
				of courses are provided to allow every eligible student within the school's
				geographic jurisdiction an equitable opportunity to enroll pursuant to
				61-5-106,
				MCA;
(h) consist of at least 60
				hours of structured learning experiences scheduled over no less than 25 student
				contact days for each student, including no fewer than six hours of
				behind-the-wheel, in-traffic driving instruction by an Office of Public
				Instruction approved traffic education teacher scheduled over no less than six
				student-contact days of which:
(i) up to 12
				of the required 60 hours may be satisfied by in-vehicle observation of an
				approved teacher instructing another novice driver; or
(ii) for those schools having traffic
				simulator equipment approved by the Office of Public Instruction, twelve hours
				of simulation may be substituted for two hours of behind-the-wheel instruction
				or six hours of simulation may be substituted for one hour of behind-the-wheel
				instruction;
(i) provide
				behind-the-wheel instruction only to students who are currently participating
				in classroom instruction. All traffic education program phases must be
				conducted using concurrent or integrated scheduling;
(j) use only dual-control vehicles that are
				equipped according to vehicle standards in ARM
				10.13.311;
(k) have property and liability insurance
				sufficient to protect the school, teachers, students, the public, the
				vehicle(s), and its owner;
(l) use
				the Office of Public Instruction form entitled "School/Dealer Vehicle Use
				Agreement" (form TE02) or the school's equivalent form when a traffic education
				loan vehicle is procured from a vehicle dealer;
(m) complete all reports and documents
				required by the Office of Public Instruction and the Department of Justice,
				Motor Vehicle Division in the time frames required; and
(n) include a parent meeting at the beginning
				of the driver education class that covers:
(i) course schedule, requirements, and
				expectations of the teen student and the parents/guardians;
(ii) information on Montana's graduated
				driver licensing (GDL) law;
(iii)
				best practices in GDL; and
(iv)
				parental involvement, including:
(A) managing
				their teen's graduated learning process through each stage of the
				GDL;
(B) tips on supervising the
				driving practice during the initial permit phase;
(C) tips to determine when their teen is
				ready for the next step in driving;
(D) objectives for success and significant
				hazards associated with each driving phase; and
(E) information and tools to negotiate and
				adopt a written agreement between the teen and parent that reflects the
				expectations of both, including clearly defined restrictions, privileges,
				rules, and consequences that serve as a basis for the teen to earn and for the
				parent to grant progressively broader driving privileges; and
(v) any other information that the
				district considers important for the successful and safe completion of driver
				education.