Assembly Bill No. 271–Assemblymen Humke, Gibbons, Von Tobel, Bache, Beers, Dini, Goldwater, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Price and Williams

 

March 5, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Education

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions concerning automobile driver education and renewal of license of instructor of school for training drivers. (BDR 34‑1011)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to the training of drivers; requiring the state board of education to adopt regulations governing automobile driver education in public schools; requiring an instructor of a school for training drivers to complete certain training before his license as an instructor may be renewed by the department of motor vehicles and public safety; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 389.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    389.090  1.  The state board shall adopt regulations governing the

1-3  establishment, conduct and scope of automobile driver education in the

1-4  public schools of this state. The regulations must set forth, without

1-5  limitation:

1-6    (a) The number of hours of training that must be completed by a pupil

1-7  who enrolls in a course in automobile driver education;

1-8    (b) That a course in automobile driver education may be conducted in

1-9  a classroom or motor vehicle, or both; and

1-10    (c) That if a course in automobile driver education is conducted both

1-11  in a classroom and in a motor vehicle, 1 hour of training in a motor

1-12  vehicle is equivalent to 3 hours of training in a classroom.

1-13    2.  The aims and purposes of automobile driver education are to

1-14  develop the knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills necessary for the safe

1-15  operation of motor vehicles.

1-16    3.  The board of trustees of a school district may establish and maintain

1-17  courses in automobile driver education [classes] during regular semesters

1-18  and summer sessions and during the regular school day and at times other

1-19  than during the regular school day for:

2-1    (a) Pupils enrolled in the regular full-time day high schools in the

2-2  school district.

2-3    (b) Pupils enrolled in summer classes conducted in high schools in the

2-4  school district.

2-5  A board of trustees maintaining courses in automobile driver education

2-6  shall insure against any liability arising out of the use of motor vehicles in

2-7  connection with those courses. The cost of the insurance must be paid from

2-8  available money of the school district . [funds.]

2-9    4.  A governing body of a charter school may establish and maintain

2-10  courses in automobile driver education [classes] if the governing body

2-11  insures against any liability arising out of the use of motor vehicles in

2-12  connection with those courses.

2-13    5.  Automobile driver education must be provided by boards of trustees

2-14  of school districts and governing bodies of charter schools in accordance

2-15  with the regulations of the state board and may not be duplicated by any

2-16  other agency, department, commission or officer of the State of Nevada.

2-17    6.  Each course in automobile driver education provided by a board of

2-18  trustees of a school district or a governing body of a charter school must

2-19  include, without limitation, instruction in:

2-20    (a) Motor vehicle insurance.

2-21    (b) The effect of drugs and alcohol on an operator of a motor vehicle.

2-22    7.  Each course in automobile driver education provided by a board of

2-23  trustees of a school district or a governing body of a charter school must be

2-24  restricted to pupils who are sophomores, juniors or seniors in high school.

2-25    Sec. 2.  NRS 483.730 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-26    483.730  1.  The department shall issue a license to operate a school

2-27  for training drivers or to act as an instructor for such a school, if [it] the

2-28  department is satisfied that the applicant has met the qualifications

2-29  required by NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive.

2-30    2.  The license is valid for 5 years after the date of issuance, unless

2-31  canceled, suspended or revoked by the department and, except as otherwise

2-32  provided in subsection 3, may be renewed subject to the same conditions as

2-33  the original license.

2-34    3.  The department may renew the license of an instructor of a school

2-35  for training drivers if, when he submits his application for the renewal of

2-36  his license, he provides evidence satisfactory to the department that, during

2-37  the period of the license, he completed [at least six credits of continuing

2-38  education by attending:

2-39    (a) A course of instruction relating to the training of drivers approved

2-40  by the department; or

2-41    (b) A state or national conference approved by the department of

2-42  education for credit for continuing education.

2-43    4.  In determining whether an instructor has complied with the

2-44  provisions of subsection 3, the department shall award one credit of

2-45  continuing education for the completion of each 15 hours of:

2-46    (a) Classroom instruction in a course specified in paragraph (a) of

2-47  subsection 3; or

3-1    (b) Attendance at a conference specified in paragraph (b) of subsection

3-2  3.] training of a type and in an amount prescribed by the department by

3-3  regulation.

3-4    Sec. 3.  Section 5 of chapter 407, Statutes of Nevada 1999, at page

3-5  1926, is hereby repealed.

3-6    Sec. 4.  1.  This section and section 1 of this act become effective on

3-7  July 1, 2001.

3-8    2.  Sections 2 and 3 of this act become effective on October 1, 2001.

 

3-9  TEXT OF REPEALED SECTION

 

3-10  Section 5 of chapter 407, Statutes of Nevada 1999:

3-11         Sec. 5.  The requirements for continuing education set forth in

3-12   NRS 483.730 do not apply to the renewal of a license of an

3-13   instructor for a school for training drivers before October 1, 2001.

 

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