1. A. Upon enrollment of a minor student, the school shall conduct a parental orientation responsibility segment with the parents/guardian of the student. The school shall maintain a roster of the parents/guardian who attended the parental responsibility segment. The segment shall include, but not be limited to the following:

   1. 1. a review of the course content;
   2. 2. a review of the leading factors involved in teen driver collisions;
   3. 3. the graduated driver license program;
   4. 4. determining the readiness of the teen to begin the driving process;
   5. 5. the parent’s responsibility to enhance the teen’s driving experience;
   6. 6. supervising the teen’s driving to determine his readiness to advance to the next licensing stage;
   7. 7. the parent/guardian’s responsibility to provide a minimum of 50 hours supervised practice driving including 15 hours night time practice; and
   8. 8. parent/teen agreement.
2. B. The parental segment shall not count as part of the 30 hours of classroom instruction and shall be conducted prior to the first day of class.
3. C. In lieu of the school requirement, DPS may approve and designate a third-party to provide the parental responsibility segment. The parent/guardian shall be required to attend the third-party segment and provide proof of attendance to the driving school prior to the minor’s participations in any classroom instruction.
4. D. In the event the parent is unable to attend the parental responsibility segment, the school may offer the class information online or in a handout that contains all the information that would normally be presented in the class. The parent must initial they have received the information and this must be made part of the student’s file. If the class is taken online, confirmation of the online class should also be included in the student’s file.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:402.1(A) (1) and R.S. 40:1461.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, LR 38:1985 (August 2012), amended LR 38:3235 (December 2012), LR 43:1772 (September 2017), LR 45:1603 (November 2019).