Text: HF00495 Text: HF00497 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.178, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 3, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Every public school district in Iowa shall offer or make 1 4 available to all students residing in the school district or 1 5 Iowa students attending a nonpublic school in the district an 1 6 approved course in driver education. A student shall not be 1 7 enrolled in an approved course unless the student has 1 8 completed with passing grades the equivalent of at least four 1 9 semesters of coursework, since beginning the seventh grade, in 1 10 English language arts, social studies, mathematics, or 1 11 science. 1 12 PARAGRAPH DIVIDED. The approved courses may be offered at 1 13 sites other than at the public school, including nonpublic 1 14 school facilities within the public school districts. An 1 15 approved course offered during the summer months, on 1 16 Saturdays, after regular school hours during the regular terms 1 17 or partly in one term or summer vacation period and partly in 1 18 the succeeding term or summer vacation period, as the case may 1 19 be, shall satisfy the requirements of this section to the same 1 20 extent as an approved course offered during the regular school 1 21 hours of the school term. A student who successfully 1 22 completes and obtains certification in an approved course in 1 23 driver education or an approved course in motorcycle education 1 24 may, upon proof of such fact, be excused from any field test 1 25 which the student would otherwise be required to take in 1 26 demonstrating the student's ability to operate a motor 1 27 vehicle. A student shall not be excused from any field test 1 28 if a parent, guardian, or instructor requests that a test be 1 29 administered. Street or highway driving instruction may be 1 30 provided by a person qualified as a classroom driver education 1 31 instructor or a person certified by the department of 1 32 transportation. The department of transportation shall adopt 1 33 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to provide for certification of 1 34 persons qualified to provide street or highway driving 1 35 instruction and for administering requested field tests. 2 1 EXPLANATION 2 2 This bill requires a student to complete with passing 2 3 grades the equivalent of at least four semesters of 2 4 coursework, since beginning the seventh grade, in English 2 5 language arts, social studies, mathematics, or science before 2 6 the student may enroll in an approved course in driver 2 7 education offered by a public school district. 2 8 LSB 2806YH 78 2 9 nh/gg/8
Text: HF00495 Text: HF00497 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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