BILL REQ. #:  S-0979.1 

Read first time 01/23/2007.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to studying traffic safety education options for students receiving home-based instruction; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction, jointly with the department of licensing, shall convene an advisory committee of experts and stakeholders to study ways to make traffic safety education more accessible to students who receive home-based instruction. The membership of the advisory committee shall include the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee, commercial driving schools, the Washington homeschool organization, private providers, and parents.
     (2) The study, along with its recommendations, shall be completed by January 1, 2008, and the results reported to the governor and the legislature.