Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Chapter 121 - VIRGINIA DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS REGULATIONS › Part III - Specific Requirements Related to Class B Licensure › Section 24VAC20-121-200 - Curriculum requirements for Class B licensed schools

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Except as otherwise provided in this
				  subsection, course curriculum shall comply with the provisions of the
				  "Curriculum and Administrative Guide for Driver Education in Virginia" (2001)
				  published by the Virginia Department of Education (or any successor publication
				  so published) and these regulations. A copy of the current guide may be
				  obtained from the Virginia Department of Education at the following Internet
				  link:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/PE/ca_guide.html
Course curriculum requirements other than those set forth
					 in the "Curriculum and Administrative Guide for Driver Education in Virginia"
					 (2001) may be established by the department. Once established, such
					 requirements shall be made available by the department to Class B licensed
					 schools, Class B license applicants and the public. A course curriculum meeting
					 the established requirements must be submitted to the department at the time of
					 Class B license application or renewal application, and must be approved by the
					 department prior to the beginning of course instruction as provided in and in
					 accordance with § 46.2-1702 of the Code of Virginia.
B. The department shall provide and update
				  the list of course curriculum requirements from time to time, as deemed
				  appropriate and necessary by the department, in consultation with all affected
				  schools that are licensed by the department at the time of the update and other
				  interested parties as identified by the department.
The department shall notify the affected schools when and
					 if new relevant topics are added to the course curriculum. Schools shall have
					 45 calendar days after such notice is issued to update their course curriculum
					 and to certify to the department in a format prescribed by the department that
					 the school has added the new topics to the course curriculum.
C. The length of daily instruction shall
				  comply with the provisions of the "Curriculum and Administrative Guide for
				  Driver Education in Virginia" (2001) or as otherwise provided by these
				  regulations.
D. The number of
				  students in a driver training vehicle during in-vehicle instruction shall be no
				  more than three and no less than two students. Students 18 years of age or
				  older may receive one-on-one driver training with an instructor if such
				  training is agreed to in the contract with the school. Students under 18 years
				  of age who are not married or emancipated must have their parents or legal
				  guardians sign a written release, an original to be maintained with the
				  student's record, in order to receive one-on-one driver training with an
				  instructor.
E. Except when
				  one-on-one driver training is being provided as outlined in subsection D of
				  this section, a student under 19 years of age riding alone with the instructor
				  shall ride in the back seat of the driver training vehicle until other students
				  are present in the vehicle.
F.
				  Except when a student is driving the vehicle, the time during which a student
				  is being transported in a driver training vehicle for the purposes of picking
				  up a student or other students prior to the beginning of a period of
				  instruction or dropping that student or other students off after the end of a
				  period of instruction shall not count as observation time. Any student involved
				  in one-on-one training with an instructor as permitted under subsection D of
				  this section shall meet the observation requirements with at least one other
				  student in the vehicle during in-vehicle training.
G. Students under 19 years of age shall only
				  receive in-vehicle instruction with other students under 19 years of
				  age.
Statutory Authority
§§ 46.2-203 and 46.2-1703 of the Code of
						Virginia.