Pupil instruction: driver training and education: charter schools.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district maintaining a high school or high schools, a county superintendent of schools, and the Division of Juvenile Justice, and the State Department of Education in providing programs of high school education, to prescribe regulations determining who can profit by and who shall receive instruction in automobile driver training and prohibits a pupil from being permitted to enroll in automobile driver training unless the pupil is presently enrolled in a course of instruction in automobile driver education, or has satisfactorily completed the course. This bill would also authorize the governing body of a charter school that serves pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to prescribe regulations determining who can profit by and who shall receive instruction in automobile training courses, as specified. Existing law requires a course of instruction in automobile driver education to meet specified requirements, including provide the opportunity for pupils to take driver education within the regular schoolday, and within the regular academic year, as defined. This bill would specify that those pupils may include pupils attending charter schools that serve pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. The bill would also delete certain cross-references and make other nonsubstantive changes.