 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7234
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 18, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  driver
          education
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law,  as separately amended by chapters 229 and 230 of the laws of 2020,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. Driver education. Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  this
     5  article,  a class D or class M license, whichever is appropriate, may be
     6  issued to a minor seventeen years of age who has successfully  completed
     7  a driver education course approved by the state education department and
     8  the  commissioner in a high school or college or approved by the commis-
     9  sioner for a course at a licensed New York state driving school and  who
    10  has  submitted  proof  of  completion of the minimum hours of supervised
    11  driving as required in paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section  five
    12  hundred  two  of  this  article; provided however, the Yeshiva of Staten
    13  Island, which operates as a high school, may  provide  driver  education
    14  courses at the Arthur Kill Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island
    15  and  the Manor Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, located in
    16  the county of Richmond; provided however, the Hebrew Academy  of  Nassau
    17  County,  a  unified  school  that  operates a high school, may provide a
    18  driver education course approved by the state education department in  a
    19  middle  school  or  elementary  school  location  provided  such  course
    20  instruction occurs when elementary or middle school is not  in  session.
    21  No  such driver education course may be approved unless classroom train-
    22  ing is provided by a person approved by the state  education  department
    23  and  the  commissioner. However, a school district may contract with one
    24  or more licensed drivers' schools to provide behind the wheel  training,
    25  pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. The commission-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  er  shall  prescribe  the  requirements  for licensing of such minors. A
     2  student enrolled in such an approved driver education course may operate
     3  a motor vehicle without holding a driver's license or a learner's permit
     4  while under the immediate supervision of an instructor in such course or
     5  a driver's school instructor providing behind the wheel training in such
     6  a course, provided such operation is in accordance with the rules estab-
     7  lished  by  the  commissioner.  Every student who successfully completes
     8  such course in a day, evening or summer  school  program  offered  by  a
     9  public  or private school shall receive certification of such completion
    10  on a certificate prescribed by the commissioner.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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