2164P - Traffic Safety Education Procedure

Procedure 2164P

INSTRUCTION

Traffic Safety Education

The following procedures shall be in effect: 

A. The superintendent shall designate a staff member in charge of the district’s traffic safety education program. 

B. For instructional purposes, the traffic safety education instruction shall use the district’s curriculum guide for traffic safety education. 

C. Each student enrolled in a traffic safety program shall meet the objectives and competencies listed in the district curriculum guide as a condition of successful completion of the program. 

D. Traffic safety education courses provided by the district shall be conducted during daylight hours.  Such instruction may be extended to the hour of 5:00 p.m. during the winter months, even though darkness may occur prior to 5:00 p.m. 

Classroom instruction may be conducted at night for those students who are currently not enrolled at the high school but are otherwise eligible to attend or where the school district conducts one or more educational offerings at night for high school students. 

E. Night driving experiences may be offered as a part of the traffic safety education course, provided that a student has previously completed sufficient daytime driving experience and such night driving experience shall in no case exceed fifty (50) percent of the student’s total driving experience. 

F. Recognizing that the district can serve a limited number of students each year, certain enrollment criteria are established.  Students enrolled in private schools, home-schooled students and students who have received a certificate of educational competence (GED) shall have equal access to enroll as part-time students.  Enrollment criteria in descending order of priority are (1) grade level in school (12th grade – highest) and (2) date and time of registration. 

G. Students must be at least 15 ½ years of age by the first day of class.  Students enrolled in traffic safety during the regular school year must reside in the district, be students who have been released by another district to attend school, or file their parents’ intent to home school in this district. 

H. Each student will be required to pay the established fee at the time of enrollment or present evidence that he or she is eligible to have the fee waived or reduced.  To be eligible for a refund of the paid fee, students must drop from the program and request a refund within 5 days following the program starting date. 

The fee for traffic safety education will be set by dividing the unreimbursed cost of the program by the number of students projected to enroll and their projected eligibility rate for a fee waiver or reduction.  In the event that the fee generates money beyond that necessary to support the program during that fiscal year, the excess money will be applied to future traffic safety education program needs.  If the excess portion of the fee exceeds 25 percent of the total fee, students will be notified that they may be refunded the difference.  Any unrefunded amounts will be accrued to support future traffic safety education program needs. 

I. Students who have attended more than 50% of the program’s scheduled classes and have completed at least 90% of the program’s objectives, but have not completed all program objectives, shall receive an “incomplete” and shall be provided the opportunity to achieve successfully all objectives during the current school year and ensuing summer.  Students failing to do so will receive a failing grade. 

J. Students who receive a failing grade or have dropped from a program shall pay an additional fee when re-entering the program.  Students will be notified of this penalty upon enrollment. For re-entering students, the fee may be reduced by twenty-five (25) percent. 

K. Students transferring from the district prior to attending 50% of the program’s scheduled classes shall be reimbursed the collected fee. 

L. Students entering the program from another district shall pay the regularly assessed fee if the transferring district indicates the student had attended less than 50% of the program’s scheduled classes in that district. 

Adoption Date: October 14, 1997