S.F. 317 Section 1. Section 321.178, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. Every public school district in Iowa shall offer or make 3 available to all students residing in the school district or 4 Iowa students attending a nonpublic school in the district an 5 approved course in driver education. The receiving district 6 shall be the school district responsible for making driver 7 education available to a student participating in open 8 enrollment under section 282.18 . The courses may be offered 9 at sites other than at the public school, including nonpublic 10 school facilities within the public school districts. An 11 approved course offered during the summer months, on Saturdays, 12 after regular school hours during the regular terms or partly 13 in one term or summer vacation period and partly in the 14 succeeding term or summer vacation period, as the case may 15 be, shall satisfy the requirements of this section to the 16 same extent as an approved course offered during the regular 17 school hours of the school term. A student who successfully 18 completes and obtains certification in an approved course in 19 driver education or an approved course in motorcycle education 20 may, upon proof of such fact, be excused from any field test 21 which the student would otherwise be required to take in 22 demonstrating the student’s ability to operate a motor vehicle. 23 A student shall not be excused from any field test if a parent, 24 guardian, or instructor requests that a test be administered. 25 A final field test prior to a student’s completion of an 26 approved course shall be administered by a person qualified 27 as a classroom driver education instructor and certified to 28 provide street and highway driving instruction. A person 29 qualified as a classroom driver education instructor but not 30 certified to provide street and highway driving instruction 31 may administer the final field test if accompanied by another 32 person qualified to provide street and highway driving 33 instruction. 34 Sec. 2. Section 321.186, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended 35 -1- LSB 2613XS (4) 84 dea/nh 1/ 3

S.F. 317 to read as follows: 1 1. The department may shall examine every new applicant 2 for a driver’s license or and may examine any person holding 3 a valid driver’s license when the department has reason 4 to believe that the person may be physically or mentally 5 incompetent to operate a motor vehicle, or whose driving 6 record appears to the department to justify the examination. 7 The department shall make every effort to accommodate a 8 functionally illiterate applicant when the applicant is taking 9 a knowledge test. The department shall make every effort 10 to have an examiner conduct the commercial driver’s license 11 driving skills tests at other locations in this state where 12 skills may be adequately tested when requested by a person 13 representing ten or more drivers requiring driving skills 14 testing. 15 Sec. 3. Section 321.188, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 16 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 17 An Notwithstanding section 321.186, an applicant for a 18 commercial driver’s license may substitute for a driving skills 19 test the applicant’s operating record and previous passage of 20 a driving skills test or the applicant’s operating record and 21 previous driving experience if all of the following conditions 22 exist: 23 EXPLANATION 24 Under current law, the department of transportation is 25 authorized to examine every person who applies for a driver’s 26 license, as well as any person holding a valid driver’s license 27 when the department has reason to believe the person may be 28 physically or mentally incompetent to drive or whose driving 29 record appears to justify the examination. The department can 30 waive examination requirements for a new resident who has a 31 valid driver’s license from another state. In addition, the 32 department can waive the driving skills test for a student who 33 successfully completes an approved driver’s education course. 34 This bill requires the department to fully examine every 35 -2- LSB 2613XS (4) 84 dea/nh 2/ 3

S.F. 317 applicant for a noncommercial driver’s license. 1 Pursuant to current law, an examination for a driver’s 2 license includes a test of the applicant’s eyesight, a test 3 of the applicant’s ability to read and understand highway 4 signs, a test of the applicant’s knowledge of traffic laws, a 5 demonstration of the applicant’s ability to exercise ordinary 6 and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle, 7 and any other physical or mental examinations the department 8 deems necessary to determine an applicant’s fitness to operate 9 a motor vehicle safely. 10 Under the bill, an applicant for a commercial driver’s 11 license may continue to substitute for a driving skills test 12 the applicant’s operating record and previous passage of an 13 equivalent driving skills test or the applicant’s operating 14 record and previous driving experience. 15 -3- LSB 2613XS (4) 84 dea/nh 3/ 3