82R8634 KYF-D
By: Frullo H.B. No. 2915
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for a driver education instructor
license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1001.253, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(d) A [Except as provided by Section 1001.254, a] driver
education instructor license authorizing a person to teach or
provide classroom training may not be issued unless the person:
(1) has completed nine semester hours of driver and
traffic safety education or a program of study in driver education
approved by the commissioner from an approved driver education
school; and
(2) holds [a teaching certificate and] any additional
certification required to teach driver education.
(g) The agency may not require a person to hold a teaching
certificate as a condition of holding or renewing a driver
education instructor license.
SECTION 2. Section 1001.254, Education Code, is repealed.
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, 2011.