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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2195
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
5054H.02C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 170, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to driver education
in public schools.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 170, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 170.027, to read as follows:
170.027. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri
2 Integrated Safe Driving Pr ogram".
3 2. As used in this section, "driver education instruction" means instruction
4 pr ovided under the Missouri integrated safe driving prog ram that offers instruction in
5 the use and operation of motor vehicles including, but not limited to, instruction in the
6 safe operation of motor vehicles and rules of the r oad and the laws of this state rel ating
7 to motor vehicles.
8 3. (1) The state department of elementary and secondary education shall rec eive
9 and vet sample lessons from recogn ized statewide profes sional organizations and
10 districts that meet the req uirements of the Missouri integrated safe driving progr am.
11 (2) Sample lessons shall be made available to each public school district and
12 charter school offering courses to pupils in grades nine thr ough twelve.
13 (3) For the 2027-28 school year and all subsequent school years, each public
14 school district and charter school offering courses to pupils in grades nine thr ough
15 twelve may adopt a plan implementing the Missouri integrated safe driving pr ogram,
16 which may use the sample lessons.
17 4. The Missouri integrated safe driving pr ogram shall:
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (1) Inform pupils about the r equir ements for obtaining and driving with an
19 instruction permit, an intermediate license, and a full driver license under Missouri's
20 graduated driver license law as established in chapter 302;
21 (2) Emphasize the development of knowledge, attitudes, habits, and skills
22 necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles;
23 (3) Pr ovide instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue;
24 (4) Pr ovide instruction concerning law enfor cement pr ocedur es for traffic stops,
25 including a demonstration of the pr oper actions to be taken during a traffic stop and
26 appr opriate interactions with law enfor cement;
27 (5) Pr ovide pupils with curr ent data on driver safety relat ed to risky behaviors;
28 and
29 (6) Pr ovide instruction on safety concerns relat ing to pedestrians, commerci al
30 motor vehicles, motorc ycles and other potentially hazardous encounters on the road.
31 5. Districts may req uire pupils to participate in lessons devoted to addr essing the
32 r equir ements of the Missouri integrated safe driving pro gram in courses as determined
33 by the district. These lessons shall meet standards within the content of the course but
34 use safe driving as the context and application of the course standards.
35 6. (1) The driver education instruction under this section shall not requ ire any
36 pupil to physically operate a motor vehicle as part of such instruction.
37 (2) This section shall not be construed to pr ohibit any public school district or
38 charter school fr om offering an elective driver education course that is differ ent fr om
39 the driver education instruction r equir ed under this section.
40 7. The state board of education may promulg ate all necessary rules and
41 r egulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that
42 term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed under the authority delegated in this
43 section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the
44 pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter
45 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly
46 pursuant to chapter 536 to revi ew , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul
47 a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority
48 and any rule pr oposed or adopted after the effective date of this section shall be invalid
49 and void.
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