Senate Bill sb2898

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2898

    By Senator Ring





    32-1963-07                                          See HB 757

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to driver education; creating

  3         s. 322.093, F.S.; requiring minors to complete

  4         a driver education course prior to issuance of

  5         a driver's license; providing that the course

  6         may be given by a public secondary school,

  7         nonpublic school, or commercial driving school

  8         meeting specified requirements; requiring the

  9         school to issue a certificate to a student who

10         successfully completes the course; amending s.

11         1003.48, F.S.; providing instruction and

12         training requirements for driver education

13         courses; providing for the use of certain

14         funds; providing an effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Section 322.093, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         322.093  Driver education for minors.--The department

21  may not issue a driver's license to a person who has not

22  attained 18 years of age unless the person has successfully

23  completed a driver education course of instruction in the

24  operation of motor vehicles given by a public secondary school

25  in compliance with s. 1003.48, a nonpublic school meeting the

26  standards prescribed under s. 1003.48, or a commercial driving

27  school licensed under chapter 488. The school shall issue a

28  certificate to each student who successfully completes the

29  driver education course.

30         Section 2.  Section 1003.48, Florida Statutes, is

31  amended to read:

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2898
    32-1963-07                                          See HB 757




 1         1003.48  Instruction in operation of motor vehicles.--

 2         (1)  A course of study and instruction in the safe and

 3  lawful operation of a motor vehicle shall be made available by

 4  each district school board to students in the secondary

 5  schools in the state. As used in this section, the term "motor

 6  vehicle" shall have the same meaning as in s. 320.01(1)(a) and

 7  shall include motorcycles and mopeds. The course must include

 8  classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training, except

 9  that instruction in motorcycle or moped operation may be

10  limited to classroom instruction. The course shall not be made

11  a part of, or a substitute for, any of the minimum

12  requirements for graduation.

13         (2)  In order to make such a course available to any

14  secondary school student, the district school board may use

15  any one of the following procedures or any combination

16  thereof:

17         (a)  Utilize instructional personnel employed by the

18  district school board.

19         (b)  Contract with a commercial driving school licensed

20  under the provisions of chapter 488.

21         (c)  Contract with an instructor certified under the

22  provisions of chapter 488.

23         (3)(a)  District school boards shall earn funds on

24  full-time equivalent students at the appropriate basic program

25  cost factor, regardless of the method by which such courses

26  are offered.

27         (b)  For the purpose of financing the Driver Education

28  Program in the secondary schools, there shall be levied an

29  additional 50 cents per year to the driver's license fee

30  required by s. 322.21. The additional fee shall be promptly

31  remitted to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2898
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 1  Vehicles, which shall transmit the fee to the Chief Financial

 2  Officer to be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.

 3         (c)  A board of county commissioners may use funds

 4  received pursuant to s. 318.1215 to supplement funds for

 5  driver education courses in public and nonpublic schools as

 6  provided in s. 318.1215.

 7         (4)  The district school board shall prescribe

 8  standards for the course required by this section and for

 9  instructional personnel directly employed by the district

10  school board. Any certified instructor or licensed commercial

11  driving school shall be deemed sufficiently qualified and

12  shall not be required to meet any standards in lieu of or in

13  addition to those prescribed under chapter 488.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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