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                                   5923
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing the
   Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide driver education courses in
   middle school or elementary school locations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 215 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Driver education. Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this
 article,  a class D or class M license, whichever is appropriate, may be
 issued to a minor seventeen years of age who has successfully  completed
 a driver education course approved by the state education department and
 the commissioner in a high school or college and who has submitted proof
 of  completion of the minimum hours of supervised driving as required in
 paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section five  hundred  two  of  this
 article;  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THE  HEBREW  ACADEMY  OF  NASSAU COUNTY, A
 UNIFIED SCHOOL THAT OPERATES A HIGH SCHOOL, MAY PROVIDE A DRIVER  EDUCA-
 TION  COURSE  APPROVED  BY  THE  STATE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN A MIDDLE
 SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATION PROVIDED  SUCH  COURSE  INSTRUCTION
 OCCURS WHEN ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION. No such driv-
 er  education  course  may  be  approved  unless  classroom  training is
 provided by a person approved by the state education department and  the
 commissioner.   However, a school district may contract with one or more
 licensed drivers' schools to provide behind the wheel training, pursuant
 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The  commissioner  shall
 prescribe  the  requirements  for  licensing  of  such minors. A student
 enrolled in such an approved driver education course may operate a motor
 vehicle without holding a driver's license or a learner's  permit  while
 under  the  immediate  supervision  of an instructor in such course or a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD09176-01-9

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 driver's school instructor providing behind the wheel training in such a
 course, provided such operation is in accordance with the  rules  estab-
 lished  by  the  commissioner.  Every student who successfully completes
 such  course  in  a  day,  evening or summer school program offered by a
 public or private school shall receive certification of such  completion
 on a certificate prescribed by the commissioner.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.