Committee: Senate Education
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF 1/19/99.
Moved by:
Senator Brosz
Second by:
Senator Reedy
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 3:
mandate driver's education, to increase certain fees, and to make a
continuous appropriation to provide funding.
Proponents:
Representative Dick Brown, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Representative Kay Davis,Sioux Falls, South Dakota,(Document 1)
Patrick Gonseth,A.B.A.T.E.
Elaine Roberts, South Dakota Education Association
Gene Enck, Associated School Boards of South Dakota
Craig Matson, State Farm Insurance
Christie Johnson, School Administrators.
Opponents:
David Volk, Secretary of Department of Commerce and Regulation
Jeff Holden, Highway Safety Division, Department of Commerce and Regulation.
Presented by:
Senator Rounds.
MOTION:
AMEND SB 3
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Section 16. That chapter 13-33 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Any physically handicapped person disability between the ages of fourteen to nineteen years
old, inclusive, who is capable of learning to operate a motor vehicle, including a vehicle modified
to be operated by a handicapped person, may enroll in any driver's education course offered pursuant
to section 1 of this Act. The course, if necessary, shall train the student in the use of a vehicle
modified for operation by a handicapped person and shall have available adequate equipment and
personnel to accomplish such training. Any school district that provides training required pursuant
to this section that results in costs in excess of the amount provided pursuant to section 8 of this Act
shall be reimbursed for the excess costs from the amount set aside pursuant to
§
13-37-40 for
extraordinary expenses incurred in the provision of special education programs or services.
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Section 16. That chapter 13-33 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Any person with a physical disability between the ages of fourteen to nineteen years old,
inclusive, who is capable of learning to operate a motor vehicle, including a vehicle modified to be
operated by a handicapped person, may enroll in any driver's education course offered pursuant to
section 1 of this Act. The course, if necessary, shall train the student in the use of a vehicle modified
for operation by a handicapped person and shall have available adequate equipment and personnel
to accomplish such training. Any school district that provides training required pursuant to this
section that results in costs in excess of the amount provided pursuant to section 8 of this Act shall
be reimbursed for the excess costs from the amount set aside pursuant to
§
13-37-40 for
extraordinary expenses incurred in the provision of special education programs or services.
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Janet Judson