Section 21.02. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Behind-the-wheel instruction" means that portion of the driver education program in which the student is actually driving a vehicle.

(2)  "CESA" means a cooperative educational service agency, under ch. 116 , Stats.

(3)  "CCDEB" means county children with disabilities education boards, under s. 115.817 , Stats.

(4)  "Classroom instruction" includes both individual or group teaching and learning activities which involve study of the inter-relationship of persons and the motor vehicle within the traffic environment.

(5)  "Department" means the department of public instruction.

(6)  "Laboratory instruction" means that portion of the program which provides students the opportunity for driving experiences and includes behind-the-wheel instruction, observation instruction, and simulation instruction.

(7)  "Multiple-vehicle driving range instruction" or "range instruction" means that portion of the program on which the student is driving a vehicle on a designated off-street facility on which a number of motor vehicles operate simultaneously.

(8)  "Observation instruction" means the instruction which occurs during the time a student is a passenger in a vehicle in which another student is receiving behind-the-wheel instruction.

(9)  "On-street instruction" means that portion of the program in which a student is driving a vehicle on public streets or highways in a dual-controlled vehicle under the supervision of a driver education teacher, or is a passenger in the vehicle while another student is driving.

(10)  "Private school" means an institution which operates a high school level educational program and meets the criteria under s. 118.165 (1) , Stats., or has been determined to be a private school under s. 118.167 , Stats.

(11)  "Simulation instruction" means the use of synthetic training devices to prepare a student for driving a real motor vehicle.

(12)  "TCS" means a technical college system district established under ch. 38 , Stats.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1986, No. 364 , eff. 7-1-86; correction in (12) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6., Stats., Register, March, 1996, No. 483 ; CR 06-092 : am. (3) Register December 2006 No. 612 , eff. 1-1-07.