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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' | |
LICENSES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Handy, Cortvriend, Knight, Shallcross Smith, | |
Date Introduced: February 18, 2022 | |
Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-10 of the General Laws entitled "Operators' and Chauffeurs' |
2 | Licenses" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 31-10-20.1. Online driver education program pilot. |
4 | (a) Effective October 1, 2022, current approved providers of classroom driver education |
5 | programs may offer the thirty-three (33) hour driver education program in an online and virtual |
6 | format. Successful completion of the online program shall fulfill the requirements set forth in §§ |
7 | 31-10-19 and 31-10-20. |
8 | (b) The online and virtual format driver education program will be evaluated by the online |
9 | driver education program study commission, whereupon a determination will be made whether to |
10 | make the pilot program permanent. The commission’s findings and recommendations will be |
11 | reported to the state board of education no later than December 31, 2023. The online driver |
12 | education program study commission shall consist of the following five (5) members: one |
13 | representative of AAA-Northeast; one staff member of the community college of Rhode Island’s |
14 | driver education program; the director of the Rhode Island division of motor vehicles, or designee; |
15 | one certified driver education teacher appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and |
16 | the director of the Rhode Island office of highway safety, or designee. |
17 | (c) This section shall sunset on October 1, 2024. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and shall sunset on October 1, 2024. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' | |
LICENSES | |
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1 | This act would create a pilot program for the thirty-three (33) hour driver education |
2 | program to be offered in an online and virtual format, effective October 1, 2022 and would sunset |
3 | on October 1, 2024. Additionally, this act would create the online driver education program study |
4 | commission to determine by December 31, 2023 if the pilot program should be permanent. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage and would sunset on October 1, 2024. |
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