SF 273 (LSB 1725XS (1) 85)

SENATE FILE 273

BY  SCHNEIDER

A BILL FOR

An Act modifying qualification requirements for classroom driver education instructors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.178, subsection 1, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  To be qualified as a classroom driver education instructor, a person shall have satisfied the educational requirements for a teaching
 
meet one of the following requirements:
   (a)  Hold a valid teacher’s
 
license at the elementary or secondary level and hold a valid license
 
an endorsement to teach driver education in the public schools of this state
 
issued under chapter 272.
   (b)  Be a peace officer as defined in section 801.4, subsection 11.
   (c)  Be retired under chapter 97A or 411, or section 97B.49B or 97B.49C, after service as a peace officer as defined in section 801.4, subsection 11.
EXPLANATION
   This bill permits a person who is a peace officer or a retired peace officer to be qualified as a classroom driver education instructor. Currently, only persons holding a teaching license with an endorsement to teach driver education may qualify to be a classroom driver education instructor.
   The term “peace officer” is currently defined in Code section 801.4, subsection 11, to include sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals and police officers of cities, peace officer members of the department of public safety, parole officers, probation officers, special security officers employed by regents institutions, conservation officers, employees of the department of transportation or of an aviation authority designated as “peace officers”, and such persons as may be otherwise so designated by law.