A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT DIRECTING THE state board of education TO DEVELOP A PROCESS TO ALLOW parent‑taught driver education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Development of Process. – The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Division of Non‑Public Education of the Department of Administration and the Division of Motor Vehicles, shall develop a process whereby a parent or other legal guardian may provide to a student a program of driver education that complies with the requirements established by the State Board of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C‑215. The process shall include qualifications that must be met by a parent or other legal guardian before he or she may provide driver education instruction, an identification of what must be included in the course of instruction, and the procedure or procedures that must be followed to certify a student's successful completion of a parent‑taught driver education program.
SECTION 2.  Report. – The State Board of Education shall develop the process required by Section 1 of this act by no later than February 1, 2016. By March 15, 2016, the State Board of Education shall provide a report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee detailing the process developed, including any statutory changes necessary to implement the process.
SECTION 3.  Effective Date. – This act is effective when it becomes law.