HB4716 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4716

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Michael Halpin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/27-24.9

Amends the Driver Education Act of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Illinois High School & College Driver Education Association, to adopt course content and learning standards for the classroom and laboratory phases of driver education for novice teen drivers under the age of 18 years based on the national Novice Teen Driver Education and Training Administrative Standards (rather than requiring the State Board, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to adopt course content standards for driver education for those persons under the age of 18 years). Provides that the course content and learning standards shall be adapted to meet Illinois licensing and educational requirements including the cognitive, physiological, and psychological aspects of the safe operation of a motor vehicle (rather than requiring course content standards to include the operation and equipment of motor vehicles).

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 27-24.9 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-24.9)

Sec. 27-24.9. Driver education standards. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Illinois High School & College Driver Education Association, shall adopt course content and learning standards for the classroom and laboratory phases of driver education for novice teen drivers those persons under the age of 18 years based on the Novice Teen Driver Education and Training Administrative Standards developed and written by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. The course content and learning standards shall be adapted to meet Illinois licensing and educational requirements, including the cognitive, physiological, and psychological aspects of , which shall include the safe operation of a motor vehicle and equipment of motor vehicles.

(Source: P.A. 97-1025, eff. 1-1-13.)