As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2031
By Committee on Transportation
Requested by Representative Resman on behalf of a constituent
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AN ACT concerning drivers' training; relating to motorcycle driving
instructors; providing that driving school instructors and motorcycle
instructors may possess a driver's license or motorcycle driver's
license from any state; amending K.S.A. 8-276 and repealing the
existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-276 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-276.
(a) In order for a person to qualify as an instructor for a driving school,
such person shall meet the following requirements:
(a)(1) Present to the department evidence of:
(1)(A) Credit in driver education and safety from an accredited
college or university equivalent to credits in those subjects required of
instructors in the schools accredited by the state board;
(2)(B) having a valid credential issued by the state board to teach
driver education; or
(3)(C) having completed at least 30 hours of classroom and 24 hours
of behind the wheel training under the direct supervision of an individual
who is presently licensed as an instructor by the state board under
paragraph (1) subparagraph (A) or (2) (B) and who has been continuously
licensed and who has actively instructed students for a period of at least
three years;
(b)(2) have knowledge of the Kansas operation lifesaver
highway/railroad grade crossing safety program;
(c)(3) be physically able to operate safely a motor vehicle and to train
others in the operation of motor vehicles;
(d)(4) provide a certificate of health from a medical doctor stating
that such person is physically and mentally able to safely operate a motor
vehicle;
(e)(5) except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), hold a valid
Kansas drivers' driver's license or driver's license issued by any other
state; and
(f)(6) pay to the department an application fee of $5.
(b) For a motorcycle instructor subject to the provisions of this
section, such motorcycle instructor shall be required to:
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(1) Have successfully completed all requirements of this section; and
(2) possess a valid class M driver's license or equivalent license
allowing such individual to operate a motorcycle for another state.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-276 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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