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Driver Ed updates
noted before busy summer season
As schools get ready for
local driver education classes, the Department of Education has reminders
about filing applications and about completing the student’s certificate at
the end of the training. Questions about these and other procedures can be
directed to Pam Hoepfer, Office of Accreditation and Teacher Quality, phone
605-773-3553 or
pam.hoepfer@state.sd.us .
►DE1 application due
Spring/Summer Driver's
education instructors are reminded to complete and return the
2004 DE1
application. For an
application form, please contact the Office of Accreditation and Teacher
Quality at the phone number or email shown above
►Student certificates
The Dept. of Revenue &
Regulation has asked us to remind driver education instructors of the
following requirements:
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From a recent
situation: A driver education instructor had signed a new completion
certificate so the student could avoid testing (the original certificate
only waives the testing at the exam station for ONE YEAR). The examiner at
the licensing station asked the student if she had completed another class;
her response was “NO”, so the examiner had her complete the driving portion
of the test.
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A licensing station has
reported that it has received a completion certificate that has been
post-dated by the instructor prior to the student’s 14th birthday in order
to allow the student to get the test waived for one year from the 14th
birthday.
The situations described
in these instances are both unacceptable; a driver education instructor should
not attempt either of these practices. The regulations are in place to insure
the safety of the young driver as well all other drivers on the roadway.
Driver education instructors are expected to uphold the laws of South Dakota
and all procedures related to them. |
