Vermont S 259: An act relating to climate change cost recovery

Bill Text

BILL AS INTRODUCED S.259
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VT LEG #385907 v.1
S.259 1
Introduced by Senator Harrison 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: Motor vehicles; education; driver education and training 5
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to permit the 6
classroom portion of a driver education and training program to be fulfilled 7
through an online course. 8
An act relating to online driver education 9
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 10
Sec. 1. 16 V.S.A. § 1045 is amended to read: 11
§ 1045. DRIVER TRAINING COURSE 12
(a)(1) A driver education and training course, approved by the Agency of 13
Education and the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall be made available to 14
students whose parent or guardian is a resident of Vermont and who have 15
reached their 15th birthday 15 years of age and who are regularly enrolled in a 16
public or independent high school approved by the State Board. 17
(2) The driver education and training course made available to students 18
may be an in-person course or an asynchronous online course. 19
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VT LEG #385907 v.1
(e) Online driver education and training courses shall meet the content 1
standards for driver education curricula in the most recent edition of the 2
Novice Teen Driver Education and Training Administrative Standards. 3
(f) The Agency of Education and the Department of Motor Vehicles shall 4
only approve online driver education and training courses that: 5
(1) include a means for each student to measure performance outcomes; 6
(2) use a pool of rotating exam questions; 7
(3) incorporate accountability features to verify the identity of each 8
student while the student is engaged in the course of study; 9
(4) measure the amount of time that each student spends in the course; 10
(5) provide technical support to customers; 11
(6) store course content and student data on a secure server with 12
adequate safeguards in place to protect against data breaches and data loss; 13
(7) incorporate appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access to 14
private information; and 15
(8) include the ability to update course content uniformly throughout the 16
State. 17
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 18
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2026. 19