NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 397

SENATE BILL 244

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 115 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA RELATING TO DRIVER TRAINING AND SAFETY EDUCATION COURSES IN THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (a) of G.S. 115-202 is hereby amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:

"(a)       Course of Training and Instruction Required in Public High Schools. The State Board of Education and county and city boards of education in this State are hereby required to provide as a part of the program of the public high schools in this State a course of training and instruction in the operation of motor vehicles and to make such courses available for all persons of provisional license age, including public school students, non-public school students and out of school youths (persons under 18 years of age whose physical and mental qualifications meet license requirements) in conformance with course requirements and funds made available under the provisions of G.S. 20-88.1 and/or as hereinafter provided."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 115-202, subsection (b) of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by inserting the word "such" immediately following the word "maintain" and immediately preceding the letter "a" in line 5 of said subsection (b), and by striking the word "students" immediately following the word "eligible" and immediately preceding the word "in" in line 5 of said subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the word "persons".

Sec. 3.  G. S. 115-202, subsection (e) of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:

"(e)       Content of Course; What Persons Eligible. The words 'a course of training and instruction for eligible persons in the operation of motor vehicles' as applied to this Section shall be construed to mean such course of instruction in the operation of motor vehicles as shall be prescribed or approved by the State Department of Public Instruction, provided that every such course shall include actual operation of motor vehicles by the persons eligible for same, under the supervision of a qualified instructor. Only such persons of the completed age of 14 years and 6 months, and as shall be approved by the principal of the school, shall be eligible for such course of instruction, subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the State Department of Public Instruction."

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall become effective on and after July 1, 1900.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of May, 1965.