Tex. Transp. Code § 723.013 · Subchapter B. PREPARATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM
DRIVER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The statewide driver education and training program required by Section 723.012 shall provide for:
(1) rules that permit controlled innovation and experimentation and that set minimum standards for:
(A) classroom instruction;
(B) driving skills training;
(C) instructor qualifications;
(D) program content; and
(E) supplementary materials and equipment;
(2) a method for continuing evaluation of approved driver education and training programs to identify the practices most effective in preventing traffic collisions; and
(3) contracts between the governing bodies of centrally located independent school districts or other appropriate public or private agencies and the state to provide approved driver education and training programs.
(b) Instruction offered under a contract authorized by this section must be offered to any applicant who is over 15 years of age.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 104, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.723.htm
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