Creating uniformity in driver training education provided by school districts and commercial driver training schools.
Summary
Requires a school district that offers a driver training education course to certify to the Department of Licensing (DOL) that it is operating a traffic safety education program that meets certain curriculum, instructor, record retention, and accuracy in reporting requirements.
Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the DOL to jointly develop and maintain a required curriculum for school districts and private driver training schools operating a traffic safety education program in consultation with the Central Washington University's traffic safety education program.
Mandates that a school district that offers a traffic safety education program maintain certain specified records on program instructors.
Requires the DOL to conduct audits of traffic safety education programs, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction (Superintendent).
Authorizes the DOL to suspend a school's or school district's traffic safety education program certification, in consultation with the Superintendent, in certain circumstances.
Eliminates the requirement that private driver training school instructors retake an instructor licensing examination when renewing a license if certain conditions are met.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESHB 1481), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗