What's happening
This bill allows the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to offer approved driver education courses at middle or elementary school locations when those schools are not in session.
Why it matters
Expands access to driver education. By allowing the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to use its middle or elementary school buildings for driver’s ed when those schools aren’t in session, the bill could make it easier for students to find available locations and time slots for required courses.
Supports unified school operations. The change specifically benefits unified schools that operate multiple grade levels, giving them more flexibility in using their existing facilities for high school programming, which could help optimize resources.
May set a precedent for other schools. If successful, this legal exception for one private school could open the door to similar requests from other unified or private schools, potentially influencing broader policy on school facility usage.
Maintains oversight and standards. The driver education courses must still be approved by the state education department, ensuring that expanding locations does not lower instructional standards or safety requirements.
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History
- Signed chap.230
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.354
- Substituted for A5923
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.351
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- Referred to transportation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.660
- Referred to transportation
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Allow Driver Ed in Schools
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Charles Lavine
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3998
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 22, 2019
Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 Assembly, 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 education 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 driver 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.
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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 established 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.
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Title of bill
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
Purpose
To allow Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to continue providing a satel- lite driver education programòat its Plainview campus.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends Vehicle and Traffic Law § 507 to clarify that the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, a unified school that operates a high school, may provide driver education courses in 'a middle school or elementary school, provided such courses occur when the schools are not in session.
Section two provides the act take effect immediately.
Justification
After years of permitting the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide a driver education program at its elementary campus in Plainview, the State Education Department is now refusing to allow the program to continue at the non-high school facility. This legislation authorizes the Academy to resume their long-standing practice of offering the program at the Plainview, elementary school campus, during non-school hours.
Legislative history
2018: S8166
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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