Michigan Laws 256.655 – Teen driver training; model curriculum
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 256.655
- Classroom instruction: means that part of a driver education course that occurs in a classroom environment that enables a student to learn through varied instructional methods, under the direct guidance of a driver education instructor. See Michigan Laws 256.623
- Curriculum: means a written plan that guides the instruction given in a driver education course and includes performance objectives, a content outline, detailed learning activities, and assessment tools. See Michigan Laws 256.623
- Driver education course: means a program of study offered by a certified driver education provider, that enables a student to acquire the basic knowledge, skill, and attitude necessary to operate a motor vehicle upon a highway transportation system. See Michigan Laws 256.623
- provider: means a person that meets the requirements in subparagraph (i), if not excluded under subparagraph (ii), as follows:
(i) Maintains or obtains the facilities and certified instructors to give instruction in the driving of a motor vehicle or maintains or obtains the facilities and certified instructors to prepare an applicant for an exam given by the secretary of state for a license as defined in section 25 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 256.625state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Teen driver training: means driver training instruction provided through a segment 1 or segment 2 driver education course that allows an individual 17 years of age or less to apply for a level 1 or level 2 graduated driver license. See Michigan Laws 256.627
(1) The secretary of state shall prescribe a model curriculum for teen driver training under this act. After September 1, 2007, a driver education provider classified for teen driver training shall use the secretary of state’s prescribed model curriculum or may use an alternative curriculum only after it has been reviewed and approved by the secretary of state. The secretary of state may approve an alternative curriculum if it substantially meets or exceeds the standards of the secretary of state’s prescribed model curriculum.
(2) Under a segment 1 curriculum and segment 2 curriculum combined, each student shall receive no less than 30 hours of classroom instruction and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel driver education course experience.