HB 343 -- Driver's Licenses

Sponsor:  El-Amin

This bill prohibits the Department of Revenue from issuing a
driver's license or a temporary instruction permit to any person
15 to 18 years of age if a public school district submits
information to the department that the student is not in
compliance with the eligibility standards.  Every public school
district must provide the department with a list of the students
who are not in compliance at least once a semester.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's standards
must ensure that a student continues to make educational
progress.  If an applicant does not achieve the department's
standards, his or her driver's license test will be postponed
until he or she demonstrates that the standards have been
achieved.

An emancipated minor who does not meet the qualifications may
request his or her district's school board to grant a waiver from
the requirements.  A school board 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 general educational development (GED) diploma
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 establish a
model or models for compliance.

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

The bill becomes effective January 1, 2012.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:24 am