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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".36" citation="COMAR 11.23.02.36" title_num="11" subtitle_num="23" chapter_num="02" heading="Student Performance Criteria.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To successfully complete the program, a student shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Attend and participate in all required classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Achieve a minimum passing score of 80 percent on the final knowledge examination; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Achieve a minimum passing score of 80 percent on the final behind-the-wheel evaluation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A student may miss 12 hours or less of classroom instruction and continue the course. A student shall make up any instruction missed before a school may submit a program completion certification to the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A school shall provide make-up instruction, within a reasonable time frame, for a student who misses 12 hours or less of classroom instruction.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Students may not continue to participate in the program if they:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Consistently arrive late for the course instruction or consistently leave course instruction early;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Miss more than 12 hours of classroom instruction; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Act in a disruptive manner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An instructor shall continuously evaluate the students' performance and provide remedial or additional instruction as required.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A certified school may charge a student an additional fee for remedial and additional instruction.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>If a school does not allow a student to continue participating in the program, the school shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Notify the student and parent or guardian of a student under 18 years of age; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Fully document the reasons and details of problems in the student's records.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>