Full Text of HB0593 97th General Assembly
HB0593ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Marlow H. Colvin Filed: 3/15/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 593
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 593 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 27-24.2 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-24.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.2)
| 7 | | Sec. 27-24.2. Safety education; driver education course. | 8 | | Instruction shall be given in safety education in each of | 9 | | grades one though 8, equivalent to one class period each week, | 10 | | and any school district which maintains
grades 9 through 12 | 11 | | shall offer a driver education course in any such school
which | 12 | | it operates. Its curriculum shall include content dealing with | 13 | | Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, | 14 | | the rules adopted pursuant to those Chapters insofar as they | 15 | | pertain to the operation of motor vehicles, and the portions of | 16 | | the Litter Control Act relating to the operation of motor |
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| 1 | | vehicles. The course of instruction given in grades 10 through | 2 | | 12 shall include an emphasis on the development of knowledge, | 3 | | attitudes, habits, and skills necessary for the safe operation | 4 | | of motor vehicles, including motorcycles insofar as they can be | 5 | | taught in the classroom, and instruction on distracted driving | 6 | | as a major traffic safety issue. In addition, the course shall | 7 | | include instruction on special hazards existing at and required | 8 | | safety and driving precautions that must be observed at | 9 | | emergency situations, highway construction and maintenance | 10 | | zones, and railroad crossings and the approaches thereto. The | 11 | | course of instruction required of each eligible student at the | 12 | | high school level shall consist of a minimum of 30 clock hours | 13 | | of classroom instruction and a minimum of 6 clock hours of | 14 | | individual behind-the-wheel instruction in a dual control car | 15 | | on public roadways taught by a driver education instructor | 16 | | endorsed by the State Board of Education. Both the classroom | 17 | | instruction part and the practice driving
part of such driver | 18 | | education course shall be open to a resident or
non-resident | 19 | | student attending a non-public school in the district wherein | 20 | | the
course is offered. Each student attending any public or | 21 | | non-public high school
in the district must receive a passing | 22 | | grade in at least 8 courses during the
previous 2 semesters | 23 | | prior to enrolling in a driver education course, or the
student | 24 | | shall not be permitted to enroll in the course; provided that | 25 | | the local
superintendent of schools (with respect to a student | 26 | | attending a public high
school in the district) or chief school |
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| 1 | | administrator (with respect to a
student attending a non-public | 2 | | high school in the district) may waive the
requirement if the | 3 | | superintendent or chief school administrator, as the case
may | 4 | | be, deems it to be in the best interest of the student. A | 5 | | student may be allowed to commence the
classroom instruction | 6 | | part of such driver education course prior to reaching
age 15 | 7 | | if such student then will be eligible to complete the entire | 8 | | course
within 12 months after being allowed to commence such | 9 | | classroom instruction.
| 10 | | Such a course may be commenced immediately after the | 11 | | completion of a prior
course. Teachers of such courses shall | 12 | | meet the certification requirements of
this Act and regulations | 13 | | of the State Board as to qualifications.
| 14 | | Subject to rules of the State Board of Education, the | 15 | | school district may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed $50, | 16 | | to students who participate in the course, unless a student is | 17 | | unable to pay for such a course, in which event the fee for | 18 | | such a student must be waived. The total amount from driver | 19 | | education fees and reimbursement from the State for driver | 20 | | education must not exceed the total cost of the driver | 21 | | education program in any year and must be deposited into the | 22 | | school district's driver education fund as a separate line item | 23 | | budget entry. All moneys deposited into the school district's | 24 | | driver education fund must be used solely for the funding of a | 25 | | high school driver education program approved by the State | 26 | | Board of Education that uses driver education instructors |
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| 1 | | endorsed by the State Board of Education and cannot be used to | 2 | | subsidize or fund a private commercial driving training school | 3 | | nor are they subject to Section 2-3.25g of the School Code . | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 95-339, eff. 8-21-07; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)".
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