With every right comes a responsibility. The Students and the Driving School

Unit 1: Getting Acquainted with Your Driving School and MVA New Driver’s Guidelines With Every Right Comes a Responsibility

The Student and the Driving School

1. Each student has the right to a certified competent instructor, knowledgeable about the curriculum and traffic safety issues. With that right each student has the responsibility to arrive prepared and on time for every class without such distractions as talking or texting on cell phones, being disrespectful to the instructor, or talking with other students in class.
2. Each student has the right to be taught the entire 30 hours of classroom instruction in an informative, interesting and challenging manner. With that right each student has the responsibility to be attentive and actively in every class.
3. Each student has the right to experience the full 6 hours of behind-the-wheel driving instruction as required in the curriculum. With that right each student will listen to the instructor and not drive in a negligent or dangerous manner.
4. Each student has the right to be treated in a courteous, civil and respectful manner. With that right students have the responsibility to be polite and respectful to their instructors at all times, and be willing to accept positive criticism to help them achieve driving success.
5. Each student has the right to attend class in a clean, safe, secure, temperature-controlled and fully-equipped classroom that meets the local fire and building codes and MVA requirements. With that right each student has the responsibility to respect the property of the driving school by not defacing or destroying equipment or vehicles.
6. Each student and parent/driver coach has the right to visit the driver school, see the instructor’s license and certification, and the right to observe any class session including in-car sessions in which their child is included. With that right each parent/driver coach has the responsibility to refrain from interfering with the instruction, classroom or driving, while in the class session.
7. Each parent/driver coach and student has the right to have the driver education program, including both the 30 hours of classroom instruction and the 6 hours of required driving time, completed within 18 weeks of the first day of class. With that right each parent/driver coach has the responsibility to take an active role in his/her student’s driver education by monitoring all progress, communicating with the driving school and/or instructor, and practicing with the student driver if he/she has a learner’s permit.
8. Each parent/driver coach and student has the right to place a complaint with MVA regarding problems associated with the driving school or the instructor at 410-424-3751. With that right each parent/driver coach and student has the responsibility to attempt to promptly pay the driving school for the driver education class and to attempt to alert the owner or manager of the driving school about any problems or complaints before contacting and outside agency.