(a) The State Department of Education shall assemble, coordinate, and make available to the public schools and to private driving schools in this state, upon request, for their use in driver education programs, any relevant programs, materials, and information prepared or compiled by the Governor’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety.
(b) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow to each school district maintaining a high school, county superintendents of schools, and the Department of the Youth Authority an amount not to exceed one dollar ($1) per pupil instructed in driver education during the preceding fiscal year. At least 50 percent of the funds received pursuant to this subdivision shall be used for the purchase of related instructional materials or for related in-service training for teachers, or both. Funds to implement this subdivision shall be provided when appropriated by the Legislature from the Driver Training Penalty Assessment Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1455, Sec. 4.)