| 1 | Representative Ambler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 472 and 473, insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. Effective March 1, 2009, section 322.093, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, is created to read: |
| 7 | 322.093 Driver education for minors.-- |
| 8 | (1) This section may be cited as the "Tyler's Bill for |
| 9 | Driver Education." |
| 10 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
| 11 | department may not issue a driver's license to a person who has |
| 12 | not attained 18 years of age unless the person has successfully |
| 13 | completed a driver education course of instruction in the |
| 14 | operation of motor vehicles given by a public secondary school |
| 15 | in compliance with s. 1003.48 or a nonpublic school or |
| 16 | commercial driving school meeting the standards prescribed under |
| 17 | s. 1003.48. However, nothing in this section shall alter the |
| 18 | distribution of funds pursuant to s. 318.1215. The school shall |
| 19 | issue a certificate to each student who successfully completes |
| 20 | the driver education course. |
| 21 | Section 5. Effective March 1, 2009, section 1003.48, |
| 22 | Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 23 | 1003.48 Instruction in operation of motor vehicles.-- |
| 24 | (1) A course of study and instruction in the safe and |
| 25 | lawful operation of a motor vehicle shall be made available by |
| 26 | each district school board to students in the secondary schools |
| 27 | in the state. As used in this section, the term "motor vehicle" |
| 28 | shall have the same meaning as in s. 320.01(1)(a) and shall |
| 29 | include motorcycles and mopeds. The course must include |
| 30 | classroom or virtual instruction and behind-the-wheel training, |
| 31 | which may include use of a simulator, except that instruction in |
| 32 | motorcycle or moped operation may be limited to classroom |
| 33 | instruction. The course shall not be made a part of, or a |
| 34 | substitute for, any of the minimum requirements for graduation. |
| 35 | (2) In order to make such a course available to any |
| 36 | secondary school student, the district school board may use any |
| 37 | one of the following procedures or any combination thereof: |
| 38 | (a) Utilize instructional personnel employed by the |
| 39 | district school board. |
| 40 | (b) Contract with a commercial driving school licensed |
| 41 | under the provisions of chapter 488. |
| 42 | (c) Contract with an instructor certified under the |
| 43 | provisions of chapter 488. |
| 44 | (3)(a) District school boards shall earn funds on full- |
| 45 | time equivalent students at the appropriate basic program cost |
| 46 | factor, regardless of the method by which such courses are |
| 47 | offered. |
| 48 | (b) For the purpose of financing the driver education |
| 49 | program in the secondary schools, there shall be levied an |
| 50 | additional 50 cents per year to the driver's license fee |
| 51 | required by s. 322.21. The additional fee shall be promptly |
| 52 | remitted to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, |
| 53 | which shall transmit the fee to the Chief Financial Officer to |
| 54 | be deposited in the General Revenue Fund. |
| 55 | (4) The Commissioner of Education district school board |
| 56 | shall prescribe standards and curriculum requirements for the |
| 57 | course required by this section and for instructional personnel |
| 58 | directly employed by the district school board. Notwithstanding |
| 59 | any other provision of law, any certified instructor or licensed |
| 60 | commercial driving school offering the course pursuant to |
| 61 | subsection (2) shall be deemed sufficiently qualified and shall |
| 62 | not be required to meet the standards and curriculum |
| 63 | requirements prescribed for the course any standards in lieu of |
| 64 | or in addition to those prescribed under chapter 488. |
| 65 | (5) Any student under 18 years of age who has not |
| 66 | satisfactorily completed the course required under this section |
| 67 | shall have a restriction placed on his or her driver's permit. |
| 68 | The student shall be restricted when operating a motor vehicle |
| 69 | to having one passenger in the motor vehicle unless the student |
| 70 | is accompanied by a driver who holds a valid license to operate |
| 71 | a motor vehicle and who is at least 21 years of age. |
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| 74 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 75 | Remove line 42 and insert: |
| 76 | severability; creating s. 322.093, F.S.; providing a short |
| 77 | title; providing that the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 78 | Vehicles may not issue a driver's license to a minor unless the |
| 79 | minor has successfully completed a specified driver education |
| 80 | course; specifying nonapplication to distribution of certain |
| 81 | funds; providing for issuance of a certificate for successful |
| 82 | course completion; amending s. 1003.48, F.S.; providing |
| 83 | requirements for a school district course of instruction in the |
| 84 | operation of motor vehicles; requiring the Commissioner of |
| 85 | Education to prescribe standards and curriculum requirements; |
| 86 | requiring certified instructors or commercial driving schools |
| 87 | offering the course to meet the standards and requirements; |
| 88 | providing for a restricted driver's permit under certain |
| 89 | circumstances; providing an effective date. |