SB267 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Del Marsh
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Driver's licenses, third party agents issuing examinations, driver education instructors at private driving schools, further authorized, Sec. 32-6-3 am'd.
Summary: SB267 would let driver education instructors at private driving schools administer the Alabama driver’s license exam, expanding who can test applicants.
What This Bill Does
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency would be able to certify, approve, and train driver education instructors at private driving schools to act as third party testing agents for the driver’s license exam. It extends the eligibility to include instructors from private driving schools and certain high school driver education programs to give the exam or provide proof of having passed the exam in lieu of DPS testing. The bill also clarifies that the Department of Education is not responsible for approving private high school driver education instructors as testing agents, and it sets how exam results are reported, certificates are issued, and conditions if the exam is failed or for renewals.

Who It Affects
Driver education instructors at private driving schools who would be certified, approved, and trained by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to administer the driver's license examination.
Applicants seeking an initial driver’s license who are in high school driver education (public or private) and may use exam results from DPS-certified instructors to satisfy all or part of the testing requirements.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 32-6-3 to authorize driver education instructors at private driving schools to administer the driver’s license examination if certified, approved, and trained by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
Allows high school driver education students to substitute exam results obtained from certified driver education instructors (public high school, private high school, or private driving school) for the written, oral, vision, and driving portions of the test under specified conditions.
States that the Department of Education is not responsible for approving private high school driver education instructors as third party testing agents.
Requires examinations to be reported on forms provided by the Director of Public Safety, and specifies issuance of a certificate upon passing or revocation/denial upon failing.
Effective date set as the first day of the third month after passage and approval.

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Subjects: Drivers' Licenses