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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 256.659

  • 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
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Graduated driver license: means a license issued by the secretary of state under section 310e of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257. See Michigan Laws 256.625
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, educational institution, governmental agency or other legal or commercial entity, and their legal successors. See Michigan Laws 256.627
  • 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 256.625
  • state: 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
  •     A segment 2 curriculum course provided under this act must meet all of the following requirements:
        (a) Be offered only to a student who has done all of the following:
        (i) Successfully completed a segment 1 curriculum driver education course.
        (ii) Held a valid level 1 graduated driver license for not less than 3 continuous months.
        (iii) Acquired 30 or more hours driving experience on a level 1 graduated driver license that includes, except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, not less than 2 hours of night driving with a licensed parent or legal guardian, or with the permission of a parent or legal guardian, with any licensed driver who is 21 years of age or older. The nighttime hours requirement does not apply to a person who has been issued a graduated driver license that permits daylight driving only as provided in R 257.3 of the Michigan Administrative Code.
        (b) Contain 6 or more hours of classroom instruction that is scheduled so the student receives not more than 2 hours of classroom instruction per day.
        (c) Provide instruction explaining the right to make an anatomical gift in the event of death under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123. Instructional materials to effectuate this subdivision must be developed in cooperation with the federally designated organ procurement organization for this state and must include information on how to join the state organ, tissue, and eye donor registry. The following apply to instruction provided under this subdivision:
        (i) If instruction material is provided at no cost to the driver education provider in an electronic medium and the provider uses a compatible type of electronic medium in providing instruction under this section, the provider shall show the instruction material to its students.
        (ii) If instruction material is provided at no cost to the driver education provider in the form of a brochure or other written material, the provider shall provide the material to its students.