House Amendment 8182
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2436 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 3, after line 9 by inserting:
1 3 <Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 321.180C Intermediate
1 4 driver's license == special procedure.
1 5 1. Teaching parent. As an alternative to the
1 6 driver education requirements under section 321.178,
1 7 a teaching parent may instruct a student in a driver
1 8 education course that meets the requirements of this
1 9 section and provide evidence that the requirements
1 10 under this section have been met.
1 11 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
1 12 a. "Approved course" means driver education
1 13 curriculum approved by the department pursuant to rules
1 14 adopted under chapter 17A. An approved course shall,
1 15 at a minimum, meet the requirements of subsection 3
1 16 and be appropriate for teaching=parent=directed driver
1 17 education and related street or highway instruction.
1 18 Driver education materials that meet or exceed
1 19 standards established by the department for an approved
1 20 course in driver education for a public or private
1 21 school shall be approved unless otherwise determined by
1 22 the department. The list of approved courses shall be
1 23 posted on the department's internet site.
1 24 b. "Student" means a person between the ages of
1 25 fourteen and twenty=one years who is within the custody
1 26 and control of the teaching parent and who satisfies
1 27 preliminary licensing requirements of the department.
1 28 c. "Teaching parent" means a parent, guardian,
1 29 or legal custodian of a student who is currently
1 30 providing competent private instruction to the student
1 31 pursuant to section 299A.2 or 299A.3 and who provided
1 32 such instruction to the student during the previous
1 33 year; who has a valid driver's license, other than a
1 34 motorized bicycle license or a temporary restricted
1 35 license, that permits unaccompanied driving; and who
1 36 has maintained a clear driving record for the previous
1 37 two years. For purposes of this paragraph, "clear
1 38 driving record" means the individual has not been
1 39 identified as a candidate for suspension of a driver's
1 40 license under the habitual offender provisions of the
1 41 department's regulations; is not subject to a driver's
1 42 license suspension, revocation, denial, cancellation,
1 43 disqualification, or bar; and has no record of a
1 44 conviction for a moving traffic violation determined to
1 45 be the cause of a motor vehicle accident.
1 46 3. Course of instruction.
1 47 a. An approved course administered by a teaching
1 48 parent shall consist of but not be limited to the
1 49 following:
1 50 (1) Thirty clock hours of classroom instruction.
2 1 (2) Forty hours of street or highway driving
2 2 including four hours of driving after sunset and before
2 3 sunrise while accompanied by the teaching parent.
2 4 (3) Four hours of classroom instruction concerning
2 5 substance abuse.
2 6 (4) A minimum of twenty minutes of instruction
2 7 concerning railroad crossing safety.
2 8 (5) Instruction relating to becoming an organ
2 9 donor under the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as
2 10 provided in chapter 142C.
2 11 (6) Instruction providing an awareness about
2 12 sharing the road with bicycles and motorcycles.
2 13 b. The content of the course of instruction
2 14 required under this subsection shall be equivalent
2 15 to that required under section 321.178. However,
2 16 reference and study materials, physical classroom
2 17 requirements, and extra vehicle safety equipment
2 18 required for instruction under section 321.178 shall
2 19 not be required for the course of instruction provided
2 20 under this section.
2 21 4. Course completion and certification. Upon
2 22 application by a student for an intermediate license,
2 23 the teaching parent shall provide evidence showing
2 24 the student's completion of an approved course and
2 25 substantial compliance with the requirements of
2 26 subsection 3 by affidavit signed by the teaching
2 27 parent on a form to be provided by the department. The
2 28 evidence shall include all of the following:
2 29 a. Documentation that the instructor is a teaching
2 30 parent as defined in subsection 2.
2 31 b. Documentation that the student is receiving
2 32 competent private instruction under section 299A.2
2 33 or the name of the school district within which the
2 34 student is receiving instruction under section 299A.3.
2 35 c. The name of the approved course completed by the
2 36 student.
2 37 d. An affidavit attesting to satisfactory
2 38 completion of course work and street or highway driving
2 39 instruction.
2 40 e. Copies of written tests completed by the
2 41 student.
2 42 f. A statement of the number of classroom hours of
2 43 instruction.
2 44 g. A log of completed street or highway driving
2 45 instruction including the dates when the lessons were
2 46 conducted, the student's and the teaching parent's name
2 47 and initials noted next to each entry, notes on driving
2 48 activities including a list of driving deficiencies and
2 49 improvements, and the duration of the driving time for
2 50 each session.
3 1 5. Intermediate license. Any student who
3 2 successfully completes an approved course as
3 3 provided in this section, passes a driving test to
3 4 be administered by the department, and is otherwise
3 5 qualified under section 321.180B, subsection 2, shall
3 6 be eligible for an intermediate license pursuant
3 7 to section 321.180B. Twenty of the forty hours of
3 8 street or highway driving instruction required under
3 9 subsection 3, paragraph "a", subparagraph (2), may
3 10 be utilized to satisfy the requirement of section
3 11 321.180B, subsection 2.
3 12 6. Full license. A student must comply with
3 13 section 321.180B, subsection 4, to be eligible for a
3 14 full driver's license pursuant to section 321.180B.>
3 15 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
HAGENOW of Polk
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