California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 4.7 - Schools for Traffic Violators
Curriculum and Lesson Plans
Section 345.33 - Lesson Plan Revisions

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 345.33

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 27, 2024

(a) With the exception of purchased course programs, a traffic violator school owner is responsible for revising the approved lesson plan as necessary to ensure that approved topics remain current and relevant to traffic safety. Any proposed changes or alterations to an approved lesson plan beyond incorporating new law, deleting obsolete law, or switching content for similar content, shall be submitted to the department for approval prior to the changes being made to the course.

(1) The traffic violator school owner shall be responsible for ensuring that a course addition, deletion, or change, which does not require department review, maintains the department's standards for the course once the course has been approved.

(2) Any final examination questions, film or media clip, student participation related changes, or total accumulated content changes of more than 25 percent shall require department review.

(3) Paper based final examination questions may be randomized without department review to create additional final examinations provided that each test complies with the requirements set forth in Section 345.30(d)(1) of this Article.

(b) The department shall reevaluate an approved lesson plan, as needed, to ensure that an approved course reflects current laws, other information, and otherwise continues to meet department standards.

(1) The department shall notify any traffic violator school of any deficiency in any lesson plan and require a revision to the plan.

(2) A traffic violator school which receives notification to revise its lesson plan shall submit a revised lesson plan to the department by the date indicated on the notice from the department.

(3) The failure of a traffic violator school to respond to any notification by the department regarding a lesson plan deficiency by the date indicated on the notice or by failure to provide a revision responsive to a lesson plan deficiency noted by the department, is cause for action pursuant to Vehicle Code section 11215(b).

(c) A traffic violator school shall continue to use its previously approved lesson plan until receiving notification from the department that the revised lesson plan is approved. The school shall implement use of the revised lesson plan within 60 days of notification of approval.

1. Renumbering of former section 345.36 to new section 345.33, including amendment of section and NOTE, filed 4-19-2012; operative 5-19-2012 (Register 2012, No. 16).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651, 11202(a)(2) and 11219, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 11202 and 11215, Vehicle Code.

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