House Amendment 8375
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2150, as passed by the Senate, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 3, after line 9 by inserting:
1 4 <Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 321.180C Intermediate
1 5 driver's license == special procedure.
1 6 1. Teaching parent. As an alternative to the
1 7 driver education requirements under section 321.178,
1 8 a teaching parent may instruct a student in a driver
1 9 education course that meets the requirements of this
1 10 section and provide evidence that the requirements
1 11 under this section have been met.
1 12 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
1 13 a. "Approved course" means driver education
1 14 curriculum approved by the department pursuant to rules
1 15 adopted under chapter 17A. An approved course shall,
1 16 at a minimum, meet the requirements of subsection 3
1 17 and be appropriate for teaching=parent=directed driver
1 18 education and related street or highway instruction.
1 19 Driver education materials that meet or exceed
1 20 standards established by the department for an approved
1 21 course in driver education for a public or private
1 22 school shall be approved unless otherwise determined by
1 23 the department. The list of approved courses shall be
1 24 posted on the department's internet site.
1 25 b. "Student" means a person between the ages of
1 26 fourteen and twenty=one years who is within the custody
1 27 and control of the teaching parent and who satisfies
1 28 preliminary licensing requirements of the department.
1 29 c. "Teaching parent" means a parent, guardian,
1 30 or legal custodian of a student who is currently
1 31 providing competent private instruction to the student
1 32 pursuant to section 299A.2 or 299A.3 and who provided
1 33 such instruction to the student during the previous
1 34 year; who has a valid driver's license, other than a
1 35 motorized bicycle license or a temporary restricted
1 36 license, that permits unaccompanied driving; and who
1 37 has maintained a clear driving record for the previous
1 38 two years. For purposes of this paragraph, "clear
1 39 driving record" means the individual has not been
1 40 identified as a candidate for suspension of a driver's
1 41 license under the habitual offender provisions of the
1 42 department's regulations; is not subject to a driver's
1 43 license suspension, revocation, denial, cancellation,
1 44 disqualification, or bar; and has no record of a
1 45 conviction for a moving traffic violation determined to
1 46 be the cause of a motor vehicle accident.
1 47 3. Course of instruction.
1 48 a. An approved course administered by a teaching
1 49 parent shall consist of but not be limited to the
1 50 following:
2 1 (1) Thirty clock hours of classroom instruction.
2 2 (2) Forty hours of street or highway driving
2 3 including four hours of driving after sunset and before
2 4 sunrise while accompanied by the teaching parent.
2 5 (3) Four hours of classroom instruction concerning
2 6 substance abuse.
2 7 (4) A minimum of twenty minutes of instruction
2 8 concerning railroad crossing safety.
2 9 (5) Instruction relating to becoming an organ
2 10 donor under the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as
2 11 provided in chapter 142C.
2 12 (6) Instruction providing an awareness about
2 13 sharing the road with bicycles and motorcycles.
2 14 b. The content of the course of instruction
2 15 required under this subsection shall be equivalent
2 16 to that required under section 321.178. However,
2 17 reference and study materials, physical classroom
2 18 requirements, and extra vehicle safety equipment
2 19 required for instruction under section 321.178 shall
2 20 not be required for the course of instruction provided
2 21 under this section.
2 22 4. Course completion and certification. Upon
2 23 application by a student for an intermediate license,
2 24 the teaching parent shall provide evidence showing
2 25 the student's completion of an approved course and
2 26 substantial compliance with the requirements of
2 27 subsection 3 by affidavit signed by the teaching
2 28 parent on a form to be provided by the department. The
2 29 evidence shall include all of the following:
2 30 a. Documentation that the instructor is a teaching
2 31 parent as defined in subsection 2.
2 32 b. Documentation that the student is receiving
2 33 competent private instruction under section 299A.2
2 34 or the name of the school district within which the
2 35 student is receiving instruction under section 299A.3.
2 36 c. The name of the approved course completed by the
2 37 student.
2 38 d. An affidavit attesting to satisfactory
2 39 completion of course work and street or highway driving
2 40 instruction.
2 41 e. Copies of written tests completed by the
2 42 student.
2 43 f. A statement of the number of classroom hours of
2 44 instruction.
2 45 g. A log of completed street or highway driving
2 46 instruction including the dates when the lessons were
2 47 conducted, the student's and the teaching parent's name
2 48 and initials noted next to each entry, notes on driving
2 49 activities including a list of driving deficiencies and
2 50 improvements, and the duration of the driving time for
3 1 each session.
3 2 5. Intermediate license. Any student who
3 3 successfully completes an approved course as
3 4 provided in this section, passes a driving test to
3 5 be administered by the department, and is otherwise
3 6 qualified under section 321.180B, subsection 2, shall
3 7 be eligible for an intermediate license pursuant
3 8 to section 321.180B. Twenty of the forty hours of
3 9 street or highway driving instruction required under
3 10 subsection 3, paragraph "a", subparagraph (2), may
3 11 be utilized to satisfy the requirement of section
3 12 321.180B, subsection 2.
3 13 6. Full license. A student must comply with
3 14 section 321.180B, subsection 4, to be eligible for a
3 15 full driver's license pursuant to section 321.180B.>
3 16 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
HAGENOW of Polk
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