Bill Text: OR HB2210 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to traffic safety education courses.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-16 - Chapter 357, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012. [HB2210 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2210-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 2210

Sponsored by Representative HUFFMAN; Representatives BEYER, COWAN
  (at the request of Association of Oregon Counties, Mike
  Eliason) (Presession filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to traffic safety education courses; amending ORS
  336.800, 336.805 and 336.815.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1. ORS 336.800 is amended to read:
  336.800. (1) Any private school, public school { + , + }
 { - or - } commercial driver training school  { + or county + }
may offer a course in traffic safety education and charge tuition
for the course. The curriculum for the traffic safety education
course shall be established by the Department of Transportation
under ORS 802.345.
  (2) A public school may offer a traffic safety education course
to private school pupils or to pupils in neighboring public
schools that do not offer traffic safety education courses. A
public school offering a traffic safety education course to
private school pupils or to pupils in neighboring public schools
shall adopt written policies and procedures for the admission of
the pupils.
  (3) A person employed to teach a traffic safety education
course must meet qualifications established by the department
under ORS 802.345.
  SECTION 2. ORS 336.805 is amended to read:
  336.805. (1) The Department of Transportation shall reimburse a
public school { + , + }   { - or - }  commercial driver training
school  { + or county + } for the cost of providing a course of
traffic safety education that is certified by the department. The
amount of the reimbursement may not exceed $210 for each pupil
completing the course and shall be made in the manner provided by
ORS 336.810.
  (2) If funds available to the department for the Student Driver
Training Fund are not adequate to pay all approved claims in
full, public schools { + , + }   { - and - }  commercial driver
training schools  { +  and counties + } shall receive a pro rata
reimbursement that is based upon the ratio that the total amount
of funds available bears to the total amount of funds required
for maximum allowable reimbursement.
  (3) A public school { + , + }   { - or - }  commercial driver
training school  { +  or county + } seeking reimbursement under
this section may not charge tuition in an amount that is greater
than:

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  (a) For a public school { +  or county + }, the cost to the
public school  { + or county + } of providing the traffic safety
education course less the state reimbursement.
  (b) For a commercial driving school, an amount determined by
the department by rule.
  (4) A public school { + , + }   { - or - }  commercial driver
training school  { +  or county + } seeking reimbursement under
this section may reduce or waive tuition for low income pupils. A
public school { + , + }   { - or - } commercial driver training
school  { + or county + } offering reduced or waived tuition to
low income pupils shall adopt written policies and procedures
regarding reduced or waived tuition for low income pupils.
  (5) Each public school { + , + }   { - or - }  commercial
driver training school  { + or county + } seeking reimbursement
under this section must keep accurate records of the cost of the
traffic safety education course in the manner required under
rules adopted by the department under ORS 802.345.
  SECTION 3. ORS 336.815 is amended to read:
  336.815. Any public school  { + or county + } may contract with
a commercial driver training school for the instruction of
students enrolled in a traffic safety education course.
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Passed by House May 19, 2011

    .............................................................
                         Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate May 31, 2011

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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