The Superintendent or his/her designee shall develop the Driver Education and Training Curriculum according to the rules and regulations established by the State Board of Education which will provide Driver Education Training to eligible students of the district.

The program shall be open to district students who are fifteen years of age or above and regularly enrolled in the tenth grade, giving preference to older students in good standing.

The Ocean Springs School District shall prescribe regulations determining who can best profit by and who shall receive instruction under this program.  It is provided, however, that any student receiving instruction under this chapter shall be:

a.    Fifteen years of age or above;

b.    A regularly enrolled student in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth grades; and

c.    A full-time student in the respective secondary school.

The State Driver Education and Training Program in secondary schools of this State shall include a program of study for alcohol and safety education as it pertains to driver and highway safety and shall also include instruction relating to organ and tissue donation and organ and tissue donation procedures, and shall include instruction on the litter laws of the State and the responsibilities of the driver and all passengers to dispose of litter in the proper container.  ' 37-25-5 (2002)

The Mississippi Public School Accountability Standard for this policy is Standard 23.
 

LEGAL REF.: MS CODE as cited

                  Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards

ADOPTED:    04/18/2006

REVISED:      12/08/2009