MN HF3071

Commissioner of Public Safety must implement plain language standards and create a new written driver's knowledge examination by February 1, 2025, ensuring it fairly assesses Minnesota traffic and driving laws.

Written examination must follow 17 specific grammatical standards including use of active voice, short sentences, common words, simple verb tenses, and avoidance of double negatives, confusing terms, and unnecessary words.

Test Maintenance Committee must convene first meeting by August 1, 2024, and meet at least four times before January 1, 2025; commissioner may contract with third parties to draft and revise the examination.

Commissioner must submit report by February 1, 2026, detailing implementation analysis, committee actions, staffing impacts, expenditures, recommended modifications, and feedback from driver education programs and English as a second language professionals.

$212,000 appropriated from driver and vehicle services operating account in fiscal year 2025 for rewriting the driver's manual and examination with plain language standards, including translations, available until June 30, 2026.