NAC483.778. Courses taught by correspondence; interactive courses that use communications technology.

     1. A school for drivers may teach a course by correspondence only if the school is approved by the Department for teaching the course in the classroom.

     2. A school for training drivers may teach an interactive course that uses communications technology only if:

     (a) The school for training drivers is approved by the Department for teaching the course in the classroom; and

     (b) The communications technology system is approved by the Department.

     3. A course given by correspondence or an interactive course that uses communications technology must have the same content as the course given in the classroom and:

     (a) If given by correspondence, must entail at least 8 hours of study for its completion by an average student; or

     (b) If given by communications technology, must consist of a sequence of units of instruction, each of which entails at least as many hours of study for its completion by an average student as such a student would require to complete that unit in a classroom.

     4. Before the Department will approve any specific communications technology for use in a school for training drivers, the school for training drivers must satisfy the Department that:

     (a) The communications technology accurately measures and records the amount of time spent by a student to complete a unit of instruction, and that the student will be required to take the final examination for the course in person at the place of business of the school for training drivers; or

     (b) The communications technology:

          (1) Accurately measures and records the amount of time spent by a student to complete a unit of instruction;

          (2) Prevents a student working on one unit of instruction of a course from advancing to a subsequent unit of instruction if the student:

               (I) Fails to complete the current unit; or

               (II) Completes the current unit in less time than required in the course syllabus;

          (3) Includes a system of validation criteria that:

               (I) Establishes the identity of the student working on each unit of instruction; and

               (II) Prevents a student who fails to satisfy 10 percent or more of the validation criteria from:

                   (i) Performing any additional work on that unit; and

                   (ii) Receiving a certificate of completion for the course; and

          (4) Generates a report that includes, without limitation, for each student:

               (I) The full legal name of the student;

               (II) The date and time that the student begins and ends each work session; and

               (III) The total actual time spent by a student to complete each unit.

     5. The operator of a school for drivers must submit a report to the Department whenever a student enrolls in a course taught by correspondence or an interactive course that uses communications technology at the referral of the Department, a court or other entity. The report must include the full legal name of the student, his or her social security number, date of birth and address of principal residence and the name of the entity that referred the student to the school.

     6. Each student enrolled in a course taught by correspondence or an interactive course that uses communications technology must take a final examination and, except as otherwise provided in this section, sign a notarized statement, under penalty of perjury, that the student took the examination. If the student is under 18 years of age, a parent or legal guardian must sign the statement. The examination and the signed statement must be maintained in the school’s file for the student and be made available for inspection by the Department.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. & Pub. Safety, eff. 12-27-93; A by Dep’t of Motor Veh. by R157-01, 8-27-2002; R140-12, 12-20-2012, eff. 1-15-2013)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 483.636)