Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 15-1519.1 - Standardized driver-education program(a) The Department of Public Instruction 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.1949, March 10, P.L. 30, 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.