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Amend SB 1788 in SECTION 1 of the bill, between added Sections
30A.104 and 30A.105, Education Code (house committee report, page
11, between lines 7 and 8), by inserting the following:
Sec. 30A.1041. DRIVER EDUCATION COURSES. (a) A school
district, open-enrollment charter school, or public or private
institution of higher education may seek approval to offer through
the state virtual school network the classroom portion of a driver
education and traffic safety course that complies with the
requirements for the program developed under Section 29.902.
(b) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or
public or private institution of higher education may not offer
through the state virtual school network the laboratory portion of
a driver education and traffic safety course.
(c) A driver education and traffic safety course offered in
compliance with this section must be the equivalent in
instructional rigor and scope to a course that is provided in a
traditional classroom setting for a period of 56 hours.