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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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