Text: HF00283 Text: HF00285 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 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 2001, 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 and authorized by the board of educational 1 33 examiners. A person shall not be required to hold a current 1 34 Iowa teacher or administrator license at the elementary or 1 35 secondary level or to have satisfied the educational 2 1 requirements for an Iowa teacher license at the elementary or 2 2 secondary level in order to be certified by the department of 2 3 transportation or authorized by the board of educational 2 4 examiners to provide street or highway driving instruction. A 2 5 final field test prior to a student's completion of an 2 6 approved course shall be administered by a person qualified as 2 7 a classroom driver education instructor. The department of 2 8 transportation shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to 2 9 provide for certification of persons qualified to provide 2 10 street or highway driving instruction. The board of 2 11 educational examiners shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 2 12 17A to provide for authorization of persons certified by the 2 13 department of transportation to provide street or highway 2 14 driving instruction. 2 15 EXPLANATION 2 16 This bill requires a student to complete with passing 2 17 grades the equivalent of at least four semesters of 2 18 coursework, since beginning the seventh grade, in English 2 19 language arts, social studies, mathematics, or science before 2 20 the student may enroll in an approved course in driver 2 21 education offered by a public school district. 2 22 LSB 2525HH 79 2 23 nh/cls/14
Text: HF00283 Text: HF00285 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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