Bill Text: MI HB5507 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; driver training; environmental attributes relating to motor vehicle operation; require to include in driver training curriculum. Amends sec. 35 of 2006 PA 384 (MCL 256.655).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-14 - Printed Bill Filed 10/14/2009 [HB5507 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5507-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5507
October 13, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Johnson and Scripps and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 2006 PA 384, entitled
"Driver education provider and instructor act,"
by amending section 35 (MCL 256.655).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 35. (1) The secretary of state shall prescribe a model
curriculum for teen driver training under this act. After September
1, 2007, a driver education provider classified for teen driver
training shall use the secretary of state's prescribed model
curriculum or may use an alternative curriculum only after it has
been reviewed and approved by the secretary of state. The secretary
of state may approve an alternative curriculum if it substantially
meets or exceeds the standards of the secretary of state's
prescribed model curriculum.
(2) Under a segment 1 curriculum and segment 2 curriculum
combined, each student shall receive no less than 30 hours of
classroom instruction and 7 hours of behind-the-wheel driver
education course experience.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2010, the driver training curriculum
and any alternative curriculum approved under subsection (1) shall
provide for instruction in all of the following:
(a) Identifying the attributes of a fuel-efficient vehicle.
(b) Maximizing fuel economy by vehicle maintenance.
(c) Maximizing fuel economy by vehicle operation.
(d) Recycling vehicle parts and fluids.
(e) The importance of carpooling and using public
transportation.
