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The Committee on Transportation (Joyner) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Delete lines 18-63

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and insert:

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     322.093 Driver education for minors.--Notwithstanding any

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other provision of law, the department may not issue a driver's

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license to a person who has not attained 18 years of age unless

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the person has successfully completed a driver education course

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of instruction in the operation of motor vehicles given by a

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public secondary school in compliance with s. 1003.48, a

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nonpublic school meeting the standards prescribed under s.

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1003.48, or a commercial driving school licensed under chapter

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488. The school shall issue a certificate to each student who

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successfully completes the driver education course.

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     Section 2.  Section 1003.48, Florida Statutes, is amended to

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read:

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     1003.48  Instruction in operation of motor vehicles.--

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

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lawful operation of a motor vehicle shall be made available by

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each district school board to students in the secondary schools

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

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

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include motorcycles and mopeds. The course must include classroom

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instruction and behind-the-wheel training, except that

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instruction in motorcycle or moped operation may be limited to

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classroom instruction. The course shall not be made a part of, or

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a substitute for, any of the minimum requirements for graduation.

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

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secondary school student, the district school board may use any

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one of the following procedures or any combination thereof:

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     (a)  Utilize instructional personnel employed by the

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district school board.

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     (b)  Contract with a commercial driving school licensed

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under the provisions of chapter 488.

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     (c)  Contract with an instructor certified under the

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provisions of chapter 488.

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     (3)(a)  District school boards shall earn funds on full-time

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equivalent students at the appropriate basic program cost factor,

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regardless of the method by which such courses are offered.

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     (b)  For the purpose of financing the Driver Education

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Program in the secondary schools, there shall be levied an

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

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by s. 322.21. The additional fee shall be promptly remitted to

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the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, which shall

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transmit the fee to the Chief Financial Officer to be deposited

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in the General Revenue Fund.

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

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pursuant to s. 318.1215 to supplement funds for driver education

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courses in public and nonpublic schools as provided in s.

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318.1215.

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     (4) The Commissioner of Education district school board

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shall prescribe standards for

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 11, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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requiring that the Commissioner of Education rather than

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the district school board prescribe standards concerning a

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required driver education course or certain instructional

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personnel employed by the board;

4/7/2008  6:35:00 PM     18-06810-08