HB 2078 -- Driver's Licenses

Sponsor:  Hubbard

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.

Any person who is emancipated and 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, 2011.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:11 pm