Ariz. Admin. Code § 17-5-320

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R17-5-320 - High School Driver Education Program

A. The following definitions apply to this Section:

1. "Accountable forms inventory" means a series of distinctly and consecutively numbered documents provided by the Department to an instructor qualified under this Section for:

a. Recording in a log, the assigned number of each document completed, issued, or voided by a high school qualified instructor; and

b. Reporting to the Department the assigned number of each document completed, issued, or voided by a high school qualified instructor.

2. "Certified instructor report" means a report prepared and certified monthly by each high school qualified instructor listing all certificates of completion that were issued and voided.

B. The Department shall cooperate with the Arizona Department of Education, under A.R.S. §§ 28-3174 and 32-2353, to enable the issuance of a certificate of completion to a regularly enrolled full-time student as part of a high school driver education program.

C. The Director or private entity shall qualify an instructor approved by the Arizona Department of Education to issue a certificate of completion.

D. A high school qualified instructor may issue a certificate of completion to a regularly enrolled full-time student who:

1. Successfully completes the classroom course of instruction required by the Arizona Department of Education, which may waive the student's requirement to take the Department's written test; or

2. Successfully completes the skills course of instruction required by the Arizona Department of Education, which may waive the student's requirement to take the Department's skills test.

E. A high school qualified instructor shall submit to the Department, no later than the fifth day of each month, all certified instructor reports and certificates of completion issued by the school during the preceding month. A high school qualified instructor who does not issue any certificates of completion during the preceding month shall submit to the Department a certified instructor report indicating "no activity."

F. A high school qualified instructor shall provide the status of certificates of completion to the Department, upon request, by identifying the certificates by number as either issued, not issued, lost, or stolen.

G. A high school representative shall promptly return all unused or un-issued certificates of completion to the Department, upon request.

H. A certificate of completion constitutes accountable forms inventory to be secured at all times by the high school qualified instructor or other designee of the high school and any misuse, fraud, or negligence by a high school qualified instructor involving the form in consultation with the Arizona Department of Education pursuant to A.R.S. § 28-3174 may lead to Department disqualification of the instructor's authorization to issue the form.

I. A high school qualified instructor shall submit to the Department all reports required under this Article by regular mail, certified mail, registered mail, electronic mail, or personal delivery. The following dates shall be used to determine whether a report was received within the required timeframes established under this Section:

1. For regular mail, the postmark date;

2. For certified or registered mail, the date of receipt by the designated delivery service;

3. For electronic mail, the send date; and

4. For personal delivery, the Department's time and date stamp of receipt.

J. If a high school qualified instructor fails to timely or accurately submit to the Department a certified instructor report required under this Section, the Department may initiate corrective action. The Department may:

1. Provide an oral or written warning for a first untimely or inaccurate report,

2. Send a letter of concern for a second untimely or inaccurate report in a 12-month period, and

3. Request that the Arizona Department of Education disqualify a high school qualified instructor from issuing a certificate of completion under this Article for a third untimely or inaccurate report in a 12-month period.

K. A high school shall develop and maintain a driver education class training record for each student, which shall include at least the following information:

1. Student's name;

2. Student's phone number;

3. Student's driver license or instruction permit number and its expiration date;

4. Fee amounts collected for any related services;

5. Date, type, and duration of all classroom lessons and practical instruction;

6. Make, model, and license plate number of any motor vehicle used to conduct training, as applicable;

7. Date and results of all tests administered;

8. Number of certificates of completion issued; and

9. Name and Department-issued number of each instructor who conducted a lesson or test.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-5-320

Adopted by exempt rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1096, effective 9/1/2015.