House File 215 H-1022 Amend House File 215 as follows: 1 1. Page 48, after line 20 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 DRIVER EDUCATION BY TEACHING PARENT 4 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 321.178A Driver education 5 —— teaching parent. 6 1. Teaching parent. As an alternative to the 7 driver education requirements under section 321.178, 8 a teaching parent may instruct a student in a driver 9 education course that meets the requirements of this 10 section and provide evidence that the requirements 11 under this section have been met. 12 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section: 13 a. “Approved course” means driver education 14 curriculum approved by the department pursuant to rules 15 adopted under chapter 17A. An approved course shall, 16 at a minimum, meet the requirements of subsection 3 17 and be appropriate for teaching-parent-directed driver 18 education and related street or highway instruction. 19 Driver education materials that meet or exceed 20 standards established by the department for an approved 21 course in driver education for a public or private 22 school shall be approved unless otherwise determined by 23 the department. The list of approved courses shall be 24 posted on the department’s internet site. 25 b. “Student” means a person between the ages of 26 fourteen and twenty-one years who is within the custody 27 and control of the teaching parent and who satisfies 28 preliminary licensing requirements of the department. 29 c. “Teaching parent” means a parent, guardian, 30 or legal custodian of a student who is currently 31 providing competent private instruction to the student 32 pursuant to section 299A.2 or 299A.3 and who provided 33 such instruction to the student during the previous 34 year; who has a valid driver’s license, other than a 35 motorized bicycle license or a temporary restricted 36 license, that permits unaccompanied driving; and 37 who has maintained a clear driving record for the 38 previous two years. For purposes of this paragraph, 39 “clear driving record” means the individual has not 40 been identified as a candidate for suspension or 41 revocation of a driver’s license under the habitual 42 violator or habitual offender provisions of the 43 department’s regulations; is not subject to a driver’s 44 license suspension, revocation, denial, cancellation, 45 disqualification, or bar; and has no record of a 46 conviction for a moving traffic violation determined to 47 be the cause of a motor vehicle accident. 48 3. Course of instruction. 49 a. An approved course administered by a teaching 50 -1- HF215.297 (3) 85 kh/rj 1/ 4 #1.

parent shall consist of but not be limited to the 1 following: 2 (1) Thirty clock hours of classroom instruction. 3 (2) Forty hours of street or highway driving 4 including four hours of driving after sunset and before 5 sunrise while accompanied by the teaching parent. 6 (3) Four hours of classroom instruction concerning 7 substance abuse. 8 (4) A minimum of twenty minutes of instruction 9 concerning railroad crossing safety. 10 (5) Instruction relating to becoming an organ 11 donor under the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as 12 provided in chapter 142C. 13 (6) Instruction providing an awareness about 14 sharing the road with bicycles and motorcycles. 15 b. The content of the course of instruction 16 required under this subsection shall be equivalent 17 to that required under section 321.178. However, 18 reference and study materials, physical classroom 19 requirements, and extra vehicle safety equipment 20 required for instruction under section 321.178 shall 21 not be required for the course of instruction provided 22 under this section. 23 4. Course completion and certification. Upon 24 application by a student for an intermediate license, 25 the teaching parent shall provide evidence showing 26 the student’s completion of an approved course and 27 substantial compliance with the requirements of 28 subsection 3 by affidavit signed by the teaching 29 parent on a form to be provided by the department. The 30 evidence shall include all of the following: 31 a. Documentation that the instructor is a teaching 32 parent as defined in subsection 2. 33 b. Documentation that the student is receiving 34 competent private instruction under section 299A.2 35 or the name of the school district within which the 36 student is receiving instruction under section 299A.3. 37 c. The name of the approved course completed by the 38 student. 39 d. An affidavit attesting to satisfactory 40 completion of course work and street or highway driving 41 instruction. 42 e. Copies of written tests completed by the 43 student. 44 f. A statement of the number of classroom hours of 45 instruction. 46 g. A log of completed street or highway driving 47 instruction including the dates when the lessons were 48 conducted, the student’s and the teaching parent’s name 49 and initials noted next to each entry, notes on driving 50 -2- HF215.297 (3) 85 kh/rj 2/ 4

activities including a list of driving deficiencies and 1 improvements, and the duration of the driving time for 2 each session. 3 5. Intermediate license. Any student who 4 successfully completes an approved course as 5 provided in this section, passes a driving test to 6 be administered by the department, and is otherwise 7 qualified under section 321.180B, subsection 2, shall 8 be eligible for an intermediate license pursuant 9 to section 321.180B. Twenty of the forty hours of 10 street or highway driving instruction required under 11 subsection 3, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), may be 12 used to satisfy the requirement of section 321.180B, 13 subsection 2. 14 6. Full license. A student must comply with 15 section 321.180B, subsection 4, to be eligible for a 16 full driver’s license pursuant to section 321.180B. 17 Sec. ___. Section 321.180B, subsection 2, paragraph 18 a, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows: 19 a. The department may shall issue an intermediate 20 driver’s license to a person sixteen or seventeen years 21 of age who possesses an instruction permit issued 22 under subsection 1 or a comparable instruction permit 23 issued by another state for a minimum of six months 24 immediately preceding application, and who presents an 25 affidavit signed by a parent, guardian, or custodian 26 on a form to be provided by the department that the 27 permittee has accumulated a total of twenty hours of 28 street or highway driving of which two hours were 29 conducted after sunset and before sunrise and the 30 street or highway driving was with the permittee’s 31 parent, guardian, custodian, instructor, a person 32 certified by the department, or a person at least 33 twenty-five years of age who had written permission 34 from a parent, guardian, or custodian to accompany 35 the permittee, and whose driving privileges have not 36 been suspended, revoked, or barred under this chapter 37 or chapter 321J during, and who has been accident 38 and violation free continuously for, the six-month 39 period immediately preceding the application for an 40 intermediate license. An applicant for an intermediate 41 license must meet the requirements of section 42 321.186 , including satisfactory completion of driver 43 education as required in section 321.178 or 321.178A , 44 and payment of the required license fee before an 45 intermediate license will be issued. A person issued 46 an intermediate license must limit the number of 47 passengers in the motor vehicle when the intermediate 48 licensee is operating the motor vehicle to the number 49 of passenger safety belts. > 50 -3- HF215.297 (3) 85 kh/rj 3/ 4