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House Journal: Page 1284: Monday, April 6, 1998

H-8910

 1     Amend the Senate amendment, H-8832, to House File
 2   2528, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
 3   as follows:
 4     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 4 the
 5   following:
 6     "   .  Page 3, by inserting after line 8 the
 7   following:
 8     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  321.178A  DRIVER
 9   EDUCATION - TEACHING PARENT.
10     1.  TEACHING PARENT QUALIFICATIONS.  As an
11   alternative to section 321.178, a teaching parent may
12   instruct a student in driver's education courses which
13   meet the requirements of this section, and provides
14   certified evidence that the requirements under this
15   section have been met.
16     2.  DEFINITIONS.  For purposes of this section:
17     a.  "Student" means a person within the custody and
18   control of the teaching parent, who is between the
19   ages of fourteen and twenty-one years of age and who
20   satisfies preliminary licensing requirements of the
21   department.
22     b.  "Teaching parent" means a person who is the
23   parent or guardian of a student, who holds a current
24   valid Iowa license to operate a motor vehicle, and who
25   is either a person providing competent instruction or
26   competent private instruction pursuant to section
27   299A.2 or 299A.3.
28     3.  COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.  A driver education
29   course administered by a teaching parent shall consist
30   at a minimum of the following:
31     a.  Thirty clock hours of classroom instruction.
32     b.  Forty hours of street or highway driving
33   including four hours of driving after sunset and
34   before sunrise while accompanied by a parent or
35   guardian.
36     c.  Four hours of classroom instruction concerning
37   substance abuse.
38     d.  A minimum of twenty minute of instruction
39   concerning railroad crossing safety.
40     e.  Instruction relating to becoming an organ donor
41   under the uniform anatomical gift Act.
42     The content of the course of instruction required
43   under this subsection shall be equivalent to that
44   required under section 321.178.  However, the course
45   requirements, reference and study materials, manuals,
46   study aids, workbooks, physical requirements,
47   classroom dimensions, type of chalkboards, extra
48   vehicle safety equipment, extra foot brake, cut-off
49   switches, and extra mirrors required for instruction
50   under section 321.178 shall not be required for the

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