Bill Text: IA SF157 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing certain persons to administer the final field test of an approved driver education course. (Formerly SSB 1028.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-22 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 700. [SF157 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF157-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
AUTHORIZING
CERTAIN
PERSONS
TO
ADMINISTER
THE
FINAL
FIELD
TEST
OF
AN
APPROVED
DRIVER
EDUCATION
COURSE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.178,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
Every
public
school
district
in
Iowa
shall
offer
or
make
available
to
all
students
residing
in
the
school
district,
or
Iowa
students
attending
a
nonpublic
school
or
receiving
competent
private
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction
as
defined
in
section
299A.1
,
in
the
district,
an
approved
course
in
driver
education.
The
receiving
district
shall
be
the
school
district
responsible
for
making
driver
education
available
to
a
student
participating
in
open
enrollment
under
section
282.18
.
The
courses
may
be
offered
at
sites
other
than
at
the
public
school,
including
nonpublic
school
facilities
within
the
public
school
districts.
An
approved
course
offered
during
the
summer
months,
on
Saturdays,
after
regular
school
hours
during
the
regular
terms
or
partly
in
one
term
or
summer
vacation
period
and
partly
in
the
succeeding
term
or
summer
vacation
period,
as
the
case
may
be,
shall
satisfy
the
requirements
of
this
section
to
the
same
extent
as
an
approved
course
offered
during
the
regular
school
hours
of
the
school
term.
A
student
who
successfully
completes
and
obtains
certification
in
an
approved
course
in
driver
education
or
an
approved
course
in
motorcycle
Senate
File
157,
p.
2
education
may,
upon
proof
of
such
fact,
be
excused
from
any
field
test
which
the
student
would
otherwise
be
required
to
take
in
demonstrating
the
student’s
ability
to
operate
a
motor
vehicle.
A
student
shall
not
be
excused
from
any
field
test
if
a
parent,
guardian,
or
instructor
requests
that
a
test
be
administered.
A
final
field
test
prior
to
a
student’s
completion
of
an
approved
course
shall
be
administered
by
a
person
qualified
as
a
classroom
driver
education
instructor
and
certified
to
provide
street
and
or
highway
driving
instruction
under
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraph
(2)
.
A
person
qualified
as
a
classroom
driver
education
instructor
but
not
certified
to
provide
street
and
highway
driving
instruction
may
administer
the
final
field
test
if
accompanied
by
another
person
qualified
to
provide
street
and
highway
driving
instruction.
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
157,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2023
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor