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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
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