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Committee lays over bill allowing students to switch between in‑person and online driver‑education sessions
Summary
The Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony on Senate File 2028, which would allow students to combine in‑person and fully online driver‑education instruction when the curricula are identical. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion; fiscal staff said implementation costs would be minimal.
Senate File 2028, a bill to let driver‑education students make up missed in‑person classes with equivalent fully online instruction, was presented to the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee on March 24. Senator Jasinski introduced the measure and called it a “common sense bill” intended to give families more flexibility.
The proposal would permit students enrolled in a driver‑education course to attend some instruction in person and complete missed lessons online provided the online curriculum matches the in‑person curriculum. Pete Hosmer, owner of A Plus Driving School and president‑elect of MIDSIA, the association representing driver‑education instructors in Minnesota, told the committee that…
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