CLASS D PROGRAM LABORATORY SCHEDULE; HOURS

A. A class D motor vehicle program: (1) must not provide more than two hours of laboratory instruction per day to a student under 18 years old in a class D motor vehicle; (2) must provide a class D driver education student who is less than 18 years old with a minimum of six hours of laboratory instruction; (3) except for the instruction offered in class A, B, or C vehicles, must not give a student more than 30 hours of laboratory instruction without the written authorization of the commissioner; and (4) may substitute range driving hours for laboratory instruction hours if: (a) the student has in possession a valid Minnesota instruction permit; (b) the student is operating the class D motor vehicle; and (c) no more than two hours of range instruction are substituted for one hour of the daily laboratory instruction permitted in subitem (1). B. Total on-street time for class D motor vehicle laboratory instruction must not be less than four hours of the required six hours of laboratory instruction. However, if a program providing class D motor vehicle instruction provides both range and simulator instruction, no less than three hours of on-the-road laboratory instruction may be provided if the program also provides: (1) at least eight hours of simulator instruction; and (2) at least two hours of range instruction. C. Observation time in a class D motor vehicle does not count as laboratory instruction time.