CHAPTER 208

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-285.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to driver education programs.

(H 42]
Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. daline § 22-235.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 22-285.1. (a) The State Board shall establish, for the public
school system, a standardized program of driver education in the safe
operation of motor vehicles. Such program shall be designed for and
given to students and shall consist of classroom training and behind
the wheel driver training, provided, however, that no student in any
such course shall be permitted to operate a motor vehicle without a
license to do so as otherwise required by law under § 46.1-357, or except
by participation in driver training courses as provided herein.

(b) The State Board shall assist school districts in the function-
ing of such program by preparation, publication and distribution of
competent driver education instructional materials to insure a more
complete understanding of the responsibilities and duties of motor
vehicle operators.

(c) Every school district complying with the standardized pro-
gram established by the State Board shall receive a sum proportionate
to the total amount available to the State Board from the driver edu-
cation fund provided for by law, but not to exceed * forty dollars per
pupil enrolled in such course or an amount equal to the actual cost per
pupil enrolled in such course, whichever amount is the lesser.

(d) It shall be optional with the school boards of the several
school districts to offer students instruction in behind the wheel driver
training for the safe operation of motor vehicles. Each school board
shall determine whether such course shall be an elective or a required
course. Each school board may, in its discretion, charge to each pupil
enrolled in such course a fee not to exceed * ten dollars.

(e) The actual initial driving instruction shall be conducted with
motor vehicles equipped for driver training and equipped with dual
controls, on private or public property removed from public highways if

racticable; if impracticable, then, at the request of the local school

board, the State Highway Commission shall designate a suitable section

of road near the school to be used for such instruction. Such section of

road shall be marked with signs (to be supplied by the State Highway

Commission) giving notice of its use for driving instruction. Such signs
removed at the close of the instruction period.

No vehicle other than those used for driver training shall be
operated between such signs at a speed in excess of twenty-five miles per
hour. Any person guilty of violating this limit shall, upon conviction,
si one guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than seventy-

e dollars.

(f) The State Board may, in its discretion, use funds avatlable from
the driver education fund provided by law for the training of teachers for
such program. Such expenditures shall be subject to rules and regulations
promulgated by the State Board.