81R4114 KJM-D
By: Jackson H.B. No. 2399
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to offering the classroom portion of a driver education
course through an alternative method of instruction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 1001.3541 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.3541. ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF INSTRUCTION FOR
DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE. (a) A driver education school may teach
all or part of the classroom portion of an approved driver education
course by an alternative method of instruction that does not
require students to be present in a classroom if the commissioner
approves the alternative method.
(b) The commissioner may approve the alternative method
only if:
(1) the alternative method includes testing and
security measures that the commissioner determines are at least as
secure as the measures available in the usual classroom setting;
and
(2) the course, with the use of the alternative
method, satisfies any other requirement applicable to a course in
which the classroom portion is taught to students in the usual
classroom setting.
SECTION 2. Section 1001.151, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) The commissioner may establish a fee for an application
for approval to offer a driver education course by an alternative
method of instruction under Section 1001.3541 in an amount the
commissioner considers appropriate, not to exceed the amount
sufficient to cover the costs of considering the application.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.