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I, cc. 28, 74, 75; 2022, c. 708; 2025, c. 401.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Board of Education shall establish for the public school system a standardized program of driver education in the safe operation of motor vehicles. Such program shall consist of classroom training and behind-the-wheel driver training. However, any student who participates in such a program of driver education shall meet the academic requirements established by the Board, and no student in a course shall be permitted to operate a motor vehicle without a license or other document issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles under Chapter 3 (\u00a7 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2, or the comparable law of another jurisdiction, authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle upon the highways.1\n\nThe driver education program shall include (i) instruction concerning (a) alcohol and drug abuse; (b) aggressive driving; (c) the dangers of distracted driving and speeding; (d) motorcycle awareness; (e) organ and tissue donor awareness; (f) fuel-efficient driving practices; and (g) traffic stops, including law-enforcement procedures for traffic stops, appropriate actions to be taken by drivers during traffic stops, and appropriate interactions with law-enforcement officers who initiate traffic stops, and (ii) an additional minimum 90-minute parent\/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. However, no student who is (1) at least 18 years of age, (2) an emancipated minor, or (3) an unaccompanied minor who is not in the physical custody of his parent or guardian shall be required to participate in the parent\/student driver education component.2\n\nThe parent\/student driver education component shall be administered as part of the classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. In Planning District 8, the parent\/student driver education component shall be administered in-person. Outside Planning District 8, the parent\/student driver education component may be administered either in-person or online by a public school or a driver training school that is licensed as a computer-based driver education provider. The participation of the student’s parent or guardian in the parent\/student driver education component shall be required in Planning District 8 unless the student is otherwise exempted from participation in the parent\/student driver education component pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 1. Outside Planning District 8, the participation of the student’s parent or guardian in the parent\/student driver education component shall be encouraged, but shall not be required. The program shall emphasize (i) parental responsibilities regarding juvenile driver behavior, (ii) juvenile driving restrictions pursuant to this Code, (iii) the dangers of driving while intoxicated and underage consumption of alcohol, and (iv) the dangers of distracted driving. Such instruction shall be developed by the Department in cooperation with the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, the Department of Health, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, as appropriate. Nothing in this subdivision precludes any school division from including a program of parental involvement as part of a driver education program in addition to the minimum 90-minute parent\/student driver education component.3\n\nAny driver education program shall require a minimum number of miles driven during the behind-the-wheel driver training.B\n\nThe Board shall assist school divisions by preparation, publication and distribution of competent driver education instructional materials to ensure a more complete understanding of the responsibilities and duties of motor vehicle operators.C\n\nEach school board shall determine whether to offer the program of driver education in the safe operation of motor vehicles and, if offered, whether such program shall be an elective or a required course. However, in recognition of the fact that behind-the-wheel training is an essential school-to-work skill and a vital step in the pathway to obtaining a driver’s license and cultivating well-educated teen drivers, each school board is strongly encouraged to offer as part of its program of driver education behind-the-wheel training either during school hours or before or after school hours, including on weekends. In addition to the fee approved by the Board of Education pursuant to the appropriation act that allows local school boards to charge a per pupil fee for behind-the-wheel driver education, the Board of Education may authorize a local school board’s request to assess a surcharge in order to further recover program costs that exceed state funds distributed through basic aid to school divisions offering driver education programs. Each school board may waive the fee or the surcharge in total or in part for those students it determines cannot pay the fee or surcharge. Only school divisions complying with the standardized program and regulations established by the Board of Education and the provisions of § 46.2-335 shall be entitled to participate in the distribution of state funds appropriated for driver education.\n\t\t\tEach school board shall make the 90-minute parent\/student driver education component available to all students and their parents or guardians who are in compliance with § 22.1-254.D\n\nThe actual initial driving instruction shall be conducted, with motor vehicles equipped as may be required by regulation of the Board of Education, on private or public property removed from public highways if practicable; if impracticable, then, at the request of the school board, the Commissioner of Highways shall designate a suitable section of road near the school to be used for such instruction. Such section of road shall be marked with signs, which the Commissioner of Highways shall supply, giving notice of its use for driving instruction. Such signs shall be removed at the close of the instruction period. No vehicle other than those used for driver training shall be operated between such signs at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour. Violation of this limit shall be a Class 4 misdemeanor.E\n\nThe Board of Education may, in its discretion, promulgate regulations for the use and certification of paraprofessionals as teaching assistants in the driver education programs of school divisions.F\n\nThe Board of Education shall approve correspondence courses for the classroom training component of driver education. These correspondence courses shall be consistent in quality with instructional programs developed by the Board for classroom training in the public schools. Students completing the correspondence courses for classroom training, who are eligible to take behind-the-wheel driver training, may receive behind-the-wheel driver training (i) from a public school, upon payment of the required fee, if the school division offers behind-the-wheel driver training and space is available, (ii) from a driver training school licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or (iii) in the case of a home schooling parent or guardian instructing his own child who meets the requirements for home school instruction under § 22.1-254.1 or subdivision B 1 of § 22.1-254, from a behind-the-wheel training course approved by the Board. Nothing herein shall be construed to require any school division to provide behind-the-wheel driver training to nonpublic school students.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":213844,"text":"The Board of Education shall establish for the public school system a standardized program of driver education in the safe operation of motor vehicles. Such program shall consist of classroom training and behind-the-wheel driver training. However, any student who participates in such a program of driver education shall meet the academic requirements established by the Board, and no student in a course shall be permitted to operate a motor vehicle without a license or other document issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles under Chapter 3 (\u00a7 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2, or the comparable law of another jurisdiction, authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle upon the highways.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":213845,"text":"The driver education program shall include (i) instruction concerning (a) alcohol and drug abuse; (b) aggressive driving; (c) the dangers of distracted driving and speeding; (d) motorcycle awareness; (e) organ and tissue donor awareness; (f) fuel-efficient driving practices; and (g) traffic stops, including law-enforcement procedures for traffic stops, appropriate actions to be taken by drivers during traffic stops, and appropriate interactions with law-enforcement officers who initiate traffic stops, and (ii) an additional minimum 90-minute parent\/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. However, no student who is (1) at least 18 years of age, (2) an emancipated minor, or (3) an unaccompanied minor who is not in the physical custody of his parent or guardian shall be required to participate in the parent\/student driver education component.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":213846,"text":"The parent\/student driver education component shall be administered as part of the classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. In Planning District 8, the parent\/student driver education component shall be administered in-person. Outside Planning District 8, the parent\/student driver education component may be administered either in-person or online by a public school or a driver training school that is licensed as a computer-based driver education provider. The participation of the student’s parent or guardian in the parent\/student driver education component shall be required in Planning District 8 unless the student is otherwise exempted from participation in the parent\/student driver education component pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 1. Outside Planning District 8, the participation of the student’s parent or guardian in the parent\/student driver education component shall be encouraged, but shall not be required. The program shall emphasize (i) parental responsibilities regarding juvenile driver behavior, (ii) juvenile driving restrictions pursuant to this Code, (iii) the dangers of driving while intoxicated and underage consumption of alcohol, and (iv) the dangers of distracted driving. Such instruction shall be developed by the Department in cooperation with the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, the Department of Health, and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, as appropriate. 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Only school divisions complying with the standardized program and regulations established by the Board of Education and the provisions of § 46.2-335 shall be entitled to participate in the distribution of state funds appropriated for driver education.\n\t\t\tEach school board shall make the 90-minute parent\/student driver education component available to all students and their parents or guardians who are in compliance with § 22.1-254.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"6":{"id":213850,"text":"The actual initial driving instruction shall be conducted, with motor vehicles equipped as may be required by regulation of the Board of Education, on private or public property removed from public highways if practicable; if impracticable, then, at the request of the school board, the Commissioner of Highways shall designate a suitable section of road near the school to be used for such instruction. Such section of road shall be marked with signs, which the Commissioner of Highways shall supply, giving notice of its use for driving instruction. Such signs shall be removed at the close of the instruction period. No vehicle other than those used for driver training shall be operated between such signs at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour. 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Students completing the correspondence courses for classroom training, who are eligible to take behind-the-wheel driver training, may receive behind-the-wheel driver training (i) from a public school, upon payment of the required fee, if the school division offers behind-the-wheel driver training and space is available, (ii) from a driver training school licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or (iii) in the case of a home schooling parent or guardian instructing his own child who meets the requirements for home school instruction under § 22.1-254.1 or subdivision B 1 of § 22.1-254, from a behind-the-wheel training course approved by the Board. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 23 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 482; in 1966, chapter 208; in 1968, chapter 433; in 1974, chapter 154; in 1980, chapter 559; in 1988, chapter 105; in 1989, chapter 392; in 1998, chapter 96<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 928<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 82<\/a> and 651<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 659<\/a> and 665<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 177<\/a> and 386<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 951<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 278<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 785<\/a>, 813<\/a>, and 840<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 663<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 346<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 585<\/a> and 646<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 300<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 521<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 1227<\/a> and 1246<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 708<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 401<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87240,"section_number":"46.2-1700","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1700\/"},{"id":80192,"section_number":"46.2-1702","catch_line":"Certification of driver education courses by Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1702\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64677,"section_number":"22.1-254","catch_line":"Compulsory attendance required; excuses and waivers; alternative education program attendance; exemptions from article","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-254\/"},{"id":75707,"section_number":"22.1-254.1","catch_line":"Declaration of policy; requirements for home instruction of children","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-254.1\/"},{"id":61610,"section_number":"46.2-300","catch_line":"Driving without license prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-300\/"},{"id":80637,"section_number":"46.2-335","catch_line":"Learner's permits; fees; certification required","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-335\/"}],"permalink":{"id":181481,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58397,"identifier":"22.1-205","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-205","url":"\/22.1-205\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-205\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Driver education programs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> of Education shall establish for the public school system a standardized program of driver education in the safe operation of motor vehicles. Such program shall consist of classroom training and behind-the-wheel driver training. However, any student who participates in such a program of driver education shall meet the academic requirements established by the Board<\/span>, and no student in a course shall be permitted to operate a motor vehicle without a license or other document issued by the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles under Chapter 3 (\u00a7 46.2-300<\/a> et seq.) of Title 46.2, or the comparable law<\/span> of another jurisdiction<\/span>, authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle upon the highways. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The driver education program shall include (i) instruction concerning (a) alcohol and drug abuse; (b) aggressive driving; (c) the dangers of distracted driving and speeding; (d) motorcycle awareness; (e) organ and tissue donor awareness; (f) fuel-efficient driving practices; and (g) traffic stops, including law<\/span>-enforcement procedures for traffic stops, appropriate actions to be taken by drivers during traffic stops, and appropriate interactions with law<\/span>-enforcement officers who initiate traffic stops, and (ii) an additional minimum 90-minute parent<\/span>\/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. However, no student who is (1) at least 18 years of age, (2) an emancipated minor<\/span>, or (3) an unaccompanied minor<\/span> who is not in the physical custody<\/span> of his parent<\/span> or guardian shall be required to participate in the parent<\/span>\/student driver education component. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The parent<\/span>\/student driver education component shall be administered as part of the classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. In Planning District 8, the parent<\/span>\/student driver education component shall be administered in-person. Outside Planning District 8, the parent<\/span>\/student driver education component may be administered either in-person or online by a public school or a driver training school that is licensed as a computer-based driver education provider. The participation of the student’s parent<\/span> or guardian in the parent<\/span>\/student driver education component shall be required in Planning District 8 unless the student is otherwise exempted from participation in the parent<\/span>\/student driver education component pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 1. Outside Planning District 8, the participation of the student’s parent<\/span> or guardian in the parent<\/span>\/student driver education component shall be encouraged, but shall not be required. The program shall emphasize (i) parental responsibilities regarding juvenile driver behavior, (ii) juvenile driving restrictions pursuant to this Code, (iii) the dangers of driving while intoxicated and underage consumption of alcohol, and (iv) the dangers of distracted driving. Such instruction shall be developed by the Department<\/span> in cooperation with the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, the Department<\/span> of Health, and the Department<\/span> of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, as appropriate. Nothing in this subdivision precludes any school division from including a program of parental involvement as part of a driver education program in addition to the minimum 90-minute parent<\/span>\/student driver education component. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any driver education program shall require a minimum number of miles driven during the behind-the-wheel driver training. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall assist school divisions by preparation, publication and distribution of competent driver education instructional materials<\/span> to ensure a more complete understanding of the responsibilities and duties of motor vehicle operators. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Each school board<\/span> shall determine whether to offer the program of driver education in the safe operation of motor vehicles and, if offered, whether such program shall be an elective or a required course. However, in recognition of the fact<\/span> that behind-the-wheel training is an essential school-to-work skill and a vital step in the pathway to obtaining a driver’s license and cultivating well-educated teen drivers, each school board<\/span> is strongly encouraged to offer as part of its program of driver education behind-the-wheel training either during school hours or before or after school hours, including on weekends. In addition to the fee approved by the Board of Education pursuant to the appropriation act that allows local school boards<\/span> to charge a per pupil fee for behind-the-wheel driver education, the Board of Education may authorize a local school board<\/span>’s request to assess a surcharge in order<\/span> to further recover program costs that exceed state funds distributed through basic aid to school divisions offering driver education programs. Each school board<\/span> may waive<\/span> the fee or the surcharge in total or in part for those students it determines cannot pay the fee or surcharge. Only school divisions complying with the standardized program and regulations established by the Board of Education and the provisions of § 46.2-335<\/a> shall be entitled to participate in the distribution of state funds appropriated for driver education.\n\t\t\tEach school board<\/span> shall make the 90-minute parent<\/span>\/student driver education component available to all students and their parents<\/span><\/span> or guardians who are in compliance with § 22.1-254<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The actual initial driving instruction shall be conducted, with motor vehicles equipped as may be required by regulation of the Board of Education, on private or public property removed from public highways if practicable; if impracticable, then, at the request of the school board<\/span>, the Commissioner of Highways shall designate a suitable section of road near the school to be used for such instruction. Such section of road shall be marked with signs, which the Commissioner of Highways shall supply, giving notice of its use for driving instruction. Such signs shall be removed at the close of the instruction period. No vehicle other than those used for driver training shall be operated between such signs at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour. Violation of this limit shall be a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The Board of Education may, in its discretion, promulgate regulations for the use and certification of paraprofessionals as teaching assistants in the driver education programs of school divisions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> The Board of Education shall approve correspondence courses for the classroom training component of driver education. These correspondence courses shall be consistent in quality with instructional programs developed by the Board for classroom training in the public schools. Students completing the correspondence courses for classroom training, who are eligible to take behind-the-wheel driver training, may receive behind-the-wheel driver training (i) from a public school, upon payment of the required fee, if the school division offers behind-the-wheel driver training and space is available, (ii) from a driver training school licensed by the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles, or (iii) in the case of a home schooling parent<\/span> or guardian instructing his own child who meets the requirements for home school instruction under § 22.1-254.1<\/a> or subdivision B 1 of § 22.1-254<\/a>, from a behind-the-wheel training course approved by the Board. Nothing herein shall be construed to require any school division to provide behind-the-wheel driver training to nonpublic school students. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS (\u00a7 22.1-205)\n\nA. The Board of Education shall establish for the public school system a\nstandardized program of driver education in the safe operation of motor\nvehicles. Such program shall consist of classroom training and behind-the-wheel\ndriver training. However, any student who participates in such a program of\ndriver education shall meet the academic requirements established by the Board,\nand no student in a course shall be permitted to operate a motor vehicle without\na license or other document issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles under\nChapter 3 (\u00a7 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2, or the comparable law of another\njurisdiction, authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle upon the highways.\n\n 1. The driver education program shall include (i) instruction concerning (a)\n alcohol and drug abuse; (b) aggressive driving; (c) the dangers of distracted\n driving and speeding; (d) motorcycle awareness; (e) organ and tissue donor\n awareness; (f) fuel-efficient driving practices; and (g) traffic stops,\n including law-enforcement procedures for traffic stops, appropriate actions to\n be taken by drivers during traffic stops, and appropriate interactions with\n law-enforcement officers who initiate traffic stops, and (ii) an additional\n minimum 90-minute parent\/student driver education component as part of the\n classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. However, no student who\n is (1) at least 18 years of age, (2) an emancipated minor, or (3) an\n unaccompanied minor who is not in the physical custody of his parent or\n guardian shall be required to participate in the parent\/student driver\n education component.\n\n 2. The parent\/student driver education component shall be administered as part\n of the classroom portion of the driver education curriculum. In Planning\n District 8, the parent\/student driver education component shall be\n administered in-person. Outside Planning District 8, the parent\/student driver\n education component may be administered either in-person or online by a public\n school or a driver training school that is licensed as a computer-based driver\n education provider. The participation of the student’s parent or\n guardian in the parent\/student driver education component shall be required in\n Planning District 8 unless the student is otherwise exempted from\n participation in the parent\/student driver education component pursuant to the\n provisions of subdivision 1. Outside Planning District 8, the participation of\n the student’s parent or guardian in the parent\/student driver education\n component shall be encouraged, but shall not be required. The program shall\n emphasize (i) parental responsibilities regarding juvenile driver behavior,\n (ii) juvenile driving restrictions pursuant to this Code, (iii) the dangers of\n driving while intoxicated and underage consumption of alcohol, and (iv) the\n dangers of distracted driving. Such instruction shall be developed by the\n Department in cooperation with the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, the\n Department of Health, and the Department of Behavioral Health and\n Developmental Services, as appropriate. Nothing in this subdivision precludes\n any school division from including a program of parental involvement as part\n of a driver education program in addition to the minimum 90-minute\n parent\/student driver education component.\n\n 3. Any driver education program shall require a minimum number of miles driven\n during the behind-the-wheel driver training.\n\nB. The Board shall assist school divisions by preparation, publication and\ndistribution of competent driver education instructional materials to ensure a\nmore complete understanding of the responsibilities and duties of motor vehicle\noperators.\n\nC. Each school board shall determine whether to offer the program of driver\neducation in the safe operation of motor vehicles and, if offered, whether such\nprogram shall be an elective or a required course. However, in recognition of\nthe fact that behind-the-wheel training is an essential school-to-work skill and\na vital step in the pathway to obtaining a driver’s license and\ncultivating well-educated teen drivers, each school board is strongly encouraged\nto offer as part of its program of driver education behind-the-wheel training\neither during school hours or before or after school hours, including on\nweekends. In addition to the fee approved by the Board of Education pursuant to\nthe appropriation act that allows local school boards to charge a per pupil fee\nfor behind-the-wheel driver education, the Board of Education may authorize a\nlocal school board’s request to assess a surcharge in order to further\nrecover program costs that exceed state funds distributed through basic aid to\nschool divisions offering driver education programs. Each school board may waive\nthe fee or the surcharge in total or in part for those students it determines\ncannot pay the fee or surcharge. Only school divisions complying with the\nstandardized program and regulations established by the Board of Education and\nthe provisions of § 46.2-335 shall be entitled to participate in the\ndistribution of state funds appropriated for driver education.\n\t\t\tEach school board shall make the 90-minute parent\/student driver education\ncomponent available to all students and their parents or guardians who are in\ncompliance with § 22.1-254.\n\nD. The actual initial driving instruction shall be conducted, with motor\nvehicles equipped as may be required by regulation of the Board of Education, on\nprivate or public property removed from public highways if practicable; if\nimpracticable, then, at the request of the school board, the Commissioner of\nHighways shall designate a suitable section of road near the school to be used\nfor such instruction. Such section of road shall be marked with signs, which the\nCommissioner of Highways shall supply, giving notice of its use for driving\ninstruction. Such signs shall be removed at the close of the instruction period.\nNo vehicle other than those used for driver training shall be operated between\nsuch signs at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour. Violation of this limit\nshall be a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nE. The Board of Education may, in its discretion, promulgate regulations for the\nuse and certification of paraprofessionals as teaching assistants in the driver\neducation programs of school divisions.\n\nF. The Board of Education shall approve correspondence courses for the classroom\ntraining component of driver education. These correspondence courses shall be\nconsistent in quality with instructional programs developed by the Board for\nclassroom training in the public schools. Students completing the correspondence\ncourses for classroom training, who are eligible to take behind-the-wheel driver\ntraining, may receive behind-the-wheel driver training (i) from a public school,\nupon payment of the required fee, if the school division offers behind-the-wheel\ndriver training and space is available, (ii) from a driver training school\nlicensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or (iii) in the case of a home\nschooling parent or guardian instructing his own child who meets the\nrequirements for home school instruction under § 22.1-254.1 or subdivision\nB 1 of § 22.1-254, from a behind-the-wheel training course approved by the\nBoard. Nothing herein shall be construed to require any school division to\nprovide behind-the-wheel driver training to nonpublic school students.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 22-235.1; 1962, c. 482; 1966, c. 208; 1968, c. 433; 1974,\nc. 154; 1980, c. 559; 1988, c. 105; 1989, c. 392; 1998, c. 96; 1999, c. 928;\n2000, cc. 82, 651; 2001, cc. 659, 665; 2002, cc. 177, 386; 2003, c. 951; 2007,\nc. 278; 2009, cc. 785, 813, 840; 2010, c. 663; 2011, c. 346; 2013, cc. 585, 646;\n2017, c. 300; 2018, c. 521; 2020, cc. 1227, 1246; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 28, 74,\n75; 2022, c. 708; 2025, c. 401.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}