HLS 10RS-210 REENGROSSED
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVES CORTEZ, ARMES, BILLIOT, HENRY BURNS, DIXON,
DOERGE, GISCLAIR, SAM JONES, AND POPE
CURRICUL A/DRIVER ED: Allows driving schools to provide classroom instruction to
persons ninety days before their fifteenth birthday
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:402.1(D), relative to driver's education; to allow for certain2
persons to participate in a portion of a driver's education course prior to their3
fifteenth birthday; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:402.1(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง402.1. Driver education; required7
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D. Except as provided in R.S. 17:270(A), no No person under the age of9
fifteen shall be allowed to enroll or participate in the driving experience portion of10
any driver education course or driver training program. A person, no sooner than11
ninety days prior to his fifteenth birthday and who is in, at a minimum, grade nine,12
shall be permitted to participate in the classroom instruction component of a driver13
education course or driving program.14 HLS 10RS-210 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 97
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Cortez HB No. 97
Abstract: Allows for persons in at least the ninth grade to participate in the classroom
instruction portion of any driver education course or prelicensing training course not
sooner than 90 days prior to their 15th birthday.
Present law provides that a person who is in at least the ninth grade and is within 90 days
of his 15th birthday may participate in the classroom instruction component of a driver
education and training program established by BESE and Dept. of Education.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that a person must be 15 years of age to participate in the education
program or prelicensing training course offered by a private entity, including the classroom
instruction and driving experience portion.
Proposed law changes present law to provide that a person can participate in the classroom
instruction portion of a driver education program offered by a private entity 90 days prior
to his 15th birthday if he is in at least the ninth grade. Proposed law retains present law as
it pertains to the driving experience portion of a driver education program.
(Amends R.S. 32:402.1(D))