1. (1) The trustees of any district operating a junior high school or high school may establish and maintain a traffic education course. The traffic education course shall be:

   1. (a) for students who are 15 years old or older or will have reached their 15th birthday within 6 months of the course completion;
   2. (b) taught by a teacher of traffic education;
   3. (c) conducted in accordance with the basic course requirements established by the superintendent of public instruction; and
   4. (d) taught during regular school hours, after regular school hours, on Saturdays, or as a summer school course, at the option of the trustees.

2. (2)

   1. (a) A school district may offer the classroom portion of a traffic education course through an online or distance learning platform.
   2. (b) When a student completes the classroom portion of a traffic education course pursuant to subsection (2)(a), the student is authorized to take the hands-on driving portion of the traffic education course under the instruction of the student's parent or guardian.

History: En. 75-7905 by Sec. 439, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7905; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 450, L. 2021.