Section 14-36f-7 - Driver education certificate(a) Each student sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age completing the driver education program, and determined by a qualified secondary school teacher or commercial driving instructor to be a safe and capable driver and qualified to hold an operator's license, shall be issued a driver's education certificate by the secondary school indicating whichever of the following is or are applicable: (1) The successful completion of a full course of driver education; as provided in Section 14-36f-4 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;(2) The successful completion of a course consisting of a minimum of thirty (30) hours of classroom instruction as provided in subsection (a) of section 14-36f-4 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, which includes successful completion of eight (8) hours of safe driving practices of which two (2) hours were attended by a parent or legal guardian;(3) The successful completion of eight (8) hours of safe driving practices, classroom instruction only, as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of section 14-36f-4 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; or(4) The successful completion of the number of hours of behind-the-wheel instruction required by law.(b) Where the student is issued a driver's education certificate indicating successful completion of behind-the-wheel instruction only, the additional driver education requirements of section 14-36 of the Connecticut General Statutes may be met by successful completion by the person of a minimum of thirty (30) classroom hours and, where appropriate, of eight (8) hours of safe driving practices instruction, given by a licensed commercial driving school, or by a driver education program in a secondary school. Such additional instruction shall be listed on a certificate issued by the commercial driving school or secondary school providing such instruction, where such additional instruction was successfully completed by the student.(c) Where a person sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age is issued a driver's education certificate indicating successful completion of thirty (30) hours of classroom instruction only, the additional driver education requirements of section 14-36 of the Connecticut General Statutes may be met by successful completion by the person of the number of hours of behind-the-wheel instruction required by law, and, where appropriate, of eight (8) hours of safe driving practices instruction given by either a licensed commercial driving school, or by an approved driver education program in a secondary school. Such additional instruction shall be listed on a certificate issued by the commercial driving school or the secondary school providing such instruction.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 14-36f-7
Effective April 30, 1997; Amended November 2, 2009; Amended March 8, 2012