HB 2131 -- Driver's Licenses

Sponsor:  Quinn

This bill requires any applicant for a driver's license or a
temporary permit who is 15 to 18 years old and attends public
school to present a certificate from his or her school stating
that the applicant has complied with the school district's
standards for eligibility for a driver's license or temporary
permit.

A school district's standards must ensure that students continue
to make educational progress.  If an applicant does not achieve
the school district's standards, the applicant's driver's license
test will be postponed until the applicant demonstrates the
district's standards have been achieved.

Any person who is emancipated and does not meet the qualification
may request his or her district's school board to grant a waiver
from the requirements.  School boards will grant a waiver if it
determines that having a license to operate a motor vehicle is in
the best interest of the individual.  Any person who drops out of
school and earns a GED will be granted, upon request, a waiver
from these requirements.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in
cooperation with the Department of Revenue, must promulgate a
model or models for school district standards.

Any person who knowingly submits false information to the
Department of Revenue will be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

The bill becomes effective January 1, 2009.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:45 am