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92_HB1061

 
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 1        AN ACT regarding education.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 27-24.2 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/27-24.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.2)
 7        Sec.  27-24.2.   Driver  education  course.  Any   school
 8    district  which  maintains  grades 9 through 12 shall offer a
 9    driver education course in any such school which it operates.
10    Both the classroom instruction part and the practice  driving
11    part  of  such  driver  education  course  shall be open to a
12    resident or non-resident pupil attending a non-public  school
13    in  the  district  wherein  the course is offered and to each
14    resident of the district who acquires or  holds  a  currently
15    valid  driver's license during the term of the course and who
16    is at least 15 but  has not reached 21 years of age,  without
17    regard  to  whether  any such person is enrolled in any other
18    course offered in any school that the district operates. Each
19    student attending any public or non-public high school in the
20    district must receive a passing grade in at least  8  courses
21    during  the  previous  2  semesters  prior  to enrolling in a
22    driver  education  course,  or  the  student  shall  not   be
23    permitted  to  enroll  in the course; provided that the local
24    superintendent  of  schools  (with  respect  to   a   student
25    attending  a  public  high  school  in the district) or chief
26    school administrator (with respect to a student  attending  a
27    non-public  high  school  in  the  district)  may  waive  the
28    requirement   if   the   superintendent   or   chief   school
29    administrator, as the case may be, deems it to be in the best
30    interest  of  the  student.  Any  school district required to
31    offer a driver education course or  courses  as  provided  in
 
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 1    this Section also is authorized to offer either the classroom
 2    instruction  part  or  the practice driving part or both such
 3    parts of a driver education course to  any  resident  of  the
 4    district  who  is  over age 55; provided that any such school
 5    district which elects to offer either or both parts  of  such
 6    course  to such residents shall be entitled to make either or
 7    both parts of such course available to such residents at  any
 8    attendance  center  or centers within the district designated
 9    by the school board; and provided further that no part of any
10    such driver education course shall be offered to any resident
11    of the district over age  55  unless  space  therein  remains
12    available  after  all persons to whom such part of the driver
13    education course is required to be open as provided  in  this
14    Section  and  who  have requested such course have registered
15    therefor, and unless such resident of the district  over  age
16    55  is  a  person  who  has not previously been licensed as a
17    driver under the laws of this or any other state or  country.
18    However,  a  student may be allowed to commence the classroom
19    instruction part of such driver  education  course  prior  to
20    reaching  age  15  if  such  student then will be eligible to
21    complete the entire  course  within  12  months  after  being
22    allowed to commence such classroom instruction.
23        Such  a  driver  education  course  may include classroom
24    instruction on the safety rules and operation of  motorcycles
25    or motor driven cycles.
26        Such  a  course  may  be  commenced immediately after the
27    completion of a prior course. Teachers of such courses  shall
28    meet   the   certification   requirements  of  this  Act  and
29    regulations of the State Board as  to  qualifications.    The
30    school  district shall provide the name of the teacher to the
31    Secretary of State and the State Superintendent of Education.
32    The Secretary of State shall inform the State  Superintendent
33    of  Education  if  the  teacher's  driver's  license has been
34    suspended  or  revoked  within  5  business  days  after  the
 
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 1    suspension  or  revocation.   The  State  Superintendent   of
 2    Education  shall inform the school district of the suspension
 3    or revocation as  soon  as  practical  after  receiving  this
 4    information.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-188.)

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