{"id":2163,"date":"2012-02-24T15:56:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2017-12-14T17:10:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T22:10:49","slug":"drivers-ed-hb-1440","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/2012\/02\/24\/drivers-ed-hb-1440\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver’s Ed (HB 1440)"},"content":{"rendered":"

HB 1440 Driver Ed Bill Vote Update – 2\/22\/11<\/a><\/p>\n

The House Transportation Committee held an Executive Session about HB 1440 on February 21st and February 22nd. \u00a0During the Executive Session Vice Chairman John Hikel and Representative Kyle Jones proposed Amendment 0645h, which would\u2026<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Make HB 1440 a 3 year pilot program.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Require parents of teenagers who choose the online option to take an online training module before providing behind-the-wheel training for their teen.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Require parents to provide 20 hours of behind-the-wheel training for their teen.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Allow only a teenager\u2019s parent, guardian, foster parent, grandparent or step parent to provide the 20 hours of behind-the-wheel training time a teen receives. (Instead of any adult over the age of 30 as the bill currently states.)<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A parent wouldn\u2019t be allowed to provide the behind-the-wheel training for their teen if they\u2019ve had convictions in the past 10 years for reckless driving, driving or operating under the influence of drugs or liquor under, or aggravated driving while intoxicated.<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If a teenager who chooses the online option fails the written test or the driving test, they would have to attend a driving school before being allowed to take the tests again before they turn 18.<\/p>\n

Amendment 0645h addresses concerns expressed by the Committee and makes HB 1440 a more passable bill, but still preserves its original intent (to provide NH teens with an affordable, high quality online driver ed\/parent provided behind-the-wheel training option). \u00a0The Transportation Committee voted 15-2 to pass Amendment 0645h with the intention of modifying it later by passing Amendment 0887h (another proposed amendment).<\/p>\n

Then the Committee voted 14-2 to pass Amendment 0887h, an amendment that would require teens that choose an online driver ed option to complete 10 hours of behind-the-wheel training with a driver ed instructor. \u00a0This amendment is flawed because driving schools have said that they\u2019d charge the same for 10 hours of behind-the-wheel \u00a0training \u00a0as they currently charge for driver ed. \u00a0In states that allow online driver ed, but require teens to get behind-the-wheel training from an instructor, 10 hours of behind-the-wheel training costs at least $600. Amendment 0887h clearly defeats the purpose of HB 1440. Teens who currently cannot afford driver ed would still not be able to afford it. Vice Chairman Hikel and Representative Kyle Jones were the only reps on the Committee to vote against Amendment 0887h.<\/p>\n

Then the committee \u201cmarried\u201d the two amendments they passed to create another amendment\u2014Amendment 0968h. \u00a0Unfortunately very little compromising could be done since the two amendments were mutually exclusive. \u00a0\u00a0Amendment 0968h would require teens that choose an online driver ed option to complete 10 hours of behind-the-wheel training with a driver ed instructor, just like Amendment 0887h (the bad amendment). \u00a0The only part it shares with Amendment 0645h (the good amendment) is that it makes the online option proposed in the Driver Ed Bill a 3 year pilot program.<\/p>\n

Amendments 0968h (the bad \u201cmarried\u201d amendment) and 0645h (the good amendment) will be heading to the House floor with HB 1440. The House will vote on HB 1440 March 7th or 8th, they will decide which amendment will be added to the bill. \u00a0Rep. Laura Jones will floor fight for HB 1440 and Amendment 0645h, as that is the *only *amendment that improves the Driver Ed Bill and doesn\u2019t destroy it. \u00a0*Rep. Jones will fight for this bill on the House floor, but we need to fight for it before it gets there! \u00a0*<\/p>\n

*Please call your state representatives and ask them to support HB 1440 and Amendment 0645h – not any other amendment – before March 7th.<\/strong> To find the contact info for your state reps, go to House Members<\/a><\/p>\n

This bill will pass with a bad amendment unless we speak up. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HB 1440 Driver Ed Bill Vote Update – 2\/22\/11 The House Transportation Committee held an Executive Session about HB 1440 on February 21st and February 22nd. \u00a0During the Executive Session Vice Chairman John Hikel and Representative Kyle Jones proposed Amendment 0645h, which would\u2026 1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Make HB 1440 a 3 year pilot program. 2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Require parents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-homeschooling","category-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6298,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/6298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnht.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}