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Driver education for teenagers currently requires completion through a licensed commercial driving school or a school-based program, with the classroom portion sometimes available through home study at a local school district's discretion. This bill would require the State Board of Education, rather than leaving it optional for local districts, to allow students to complete the classroom portion through home study, and it creates a new option letting a parent, stepparent, grandparent, foster parent, or legal guardian with a valid driver's license serve as the instructor for a child's entire driver education, including classroom material and behind-the-wheel hours. Under this option, the parent-instructor would not need a specially equipped dual-control vehicle but must sit beside the teen for all required driving hours, complete six hours of "observation time" where the parent narrates safe driving decisions, cover standard classroom instruction, attend a Zero Fatalities Parent-Teen Night with the teen, and keep driving logs matching state board standards. The bill also directs the Driver License Division to tell parents where to find the state board's home-study materials, requires parents to indicate on the driving application form that the requirement will be met through parent instruction, and allows the Driver License Division to create rules and forms for tracking and verifying these parent-taught hours.