Current Status Bill Number:449 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950207 Primary Sponsor:Washington All Sponsors:Washington and Waldrep Drafted Document Number:gjk\21329sd.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Education Committee 04 SED Subject:High school driver education training courses
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Senate 19950207 Introduced, read first time, 04 SED
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TO AMEND SECTION 59-39-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION AND TRAINING COURSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MAY PERMIT A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IT DETERMINES DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO ACQUIRE THE VEHICLES, OTHER EQUIPMENT, AND STAFF NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SIX HOURS OF BEHIND-THE-WHEEL DRIVING TRAINING, TO USE COMPUTER GRAPHICS, TAPES, AND OTHER TYPES OF VISUAL AIDS TO SIMULATE BEHIND-THE-WHEEL DRIVING, AND TO PROVIDE THAT UPON APPROVAL, COMPLETION OF THIS SIMULATED BEHIND-THE-WHEEL DRIVING TRAINING IS CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR THIS COURSE IF ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-39-320 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-39-320. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations for establishment by local school districts of approved driver education and training courses, and when duly promulgated shall have full force and effect of law. Such These regulations shall require that credit for completion of a driver education training course shall not be given unless the course shall have has included not less than thirty classroom hours of instruction in driver education, and not less than six hours of actual behind-the-wheel driving.
However, the State Board of Education may permit a school district, which it determines does not have sufficient resources to acquire the vehicles, other equipment, and staff necessary to provide behind-the-wheel driving training, to use computer graphics, tapes, and other types of visual aids to simulate behind-the-wheel driving. Upon approval, completion of six hours of this simulated behind-the-wheel driving training is considered sufficient to obtain credit for this course if all other requirements are met."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.