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§ 15-1519.1. Standardized driver-education program

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. Education

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article XV. Terms and Courses of Study (Refs & Annos)
Subarticle (b). Prescribed Courses and Instruction
24 P.S. § 15-1519.1
§ 15-1519.1. Standardized driver-education program
(a) The Department of Public Instruction1 shall establish, for operation in the public school system of the Commonwealth, a standardized driver-education program in the safe operation of motor vehicles available to all public high school pupils and all high school pupils attending nonpublic high schools.
(b) The Department of Public Instruction shall assist school districts throughout the Commonwealth in the functioning of such program by--
(1) Preparation, publication and free distribution of driver-education instructional material to insure a more complete understanding of the duties of motor vehicle operators;
(2) Making such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out such program.
(c) Annual expenditures of the Department of Public Instruction from the Motor License Fund for (1) salaries and expenses of employes of the Department of Public Instruction essential to the program; (2) purchase of visual training aids and psychophysical testing equipment; and (3) costs of preparation, publication and distribution of driver-education instructional material, for assistance to their driver-education programs, shall not exceed three (3) percentum of the annual total amount paid by the Commonwealth to all school districts, or joint school organizations, on account of standardized driver-education programs.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XV, § 1519.1, added 1952, Jan. 8, P.L. (1951) 1857, § 2. Amended 1953, July 27, P.L. 629, § 10; 1956, May 21, P.L. (1955) 1653, § 1; 1966, Jan. 24, P.L. (1965) 1506, § 1.

Footnotes

Now Department of Education; see 71 P.S. §§ 1037, 1038.
24 P.S. § 15-1519.1, PA ST 24 P.S. § 15-1519.1
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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