Assembly Actions -
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May 14, 2024 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S9360
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-S9360 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8979
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §507, V & T L
2023-S9360 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9360 SPONSOR: COONEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to driver education SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law to authorize driving schools to offer a driver education course approved by the Commissioner. JUSTIFICATION: Currently, New York State driver's education courses are provided by local high schools. The courses taught at High Schools must provide each student at least twenty-four (24) clock hours of classroom instruction and twenty-four (24) clock hours of in-car instruction. Students must complete at least six (6) clock hours of actual behind-the-wheel driving and eighteen (18) clock hours of observation in a teacher-supervised
2023-S9360 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9360 I N S E N A T E May 14, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of the vehicle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 229 and 230 of the laws of 2020, 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 OR APPROVED BY THE COMMIS- SIONER FOR A COURSE AT A LICENSED NEW YORK STATE DRIVING SCHOOL 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 Yeshiva of Staten Island, which operates as a high school, may provide driver education courses at the Arthur Kill Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island and the Manor Road Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, located in the county of Richmond; 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 train- ing 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 commission- er 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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