SB 5818 - DIGEST

Provides that, when establishing the traffic safety education course standards applicable to approved driver training schools under chapter 46.82 RCW, the department shall permit schools to offer a qualified traffic safety education course available on-line or through other electronic media, if the course meets the minimum curriculum standards as determined by the department with the advice of the advisory committee. An on-line course, approved under this act, may only satisfy the classroom instruction phase of a traffic safety education course.

Provides that, when establishing the standards under this act, the department must apply the requirements consistently to both on-line courses and those courses offered through direct contact time in a classroom setting with an instructor.