MS SB2695

Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, school boards maintaining secondary schools (grades 9-12) must establish and maintain mandatory driver education and training programs for enrolled students.

By July 1, 2025, the State Superintendent of Education and Commissioner of Public Safety must jointly prepare curriculum standards, rules, and regulations for driver education programs, including an estimated budget and fiscal report of implementation costs to present to the Legislature.

Driver education students are not required to possess a learner's permit or driver's license while under direct supervision of an instructor; upon satisfactory completion, students receive a Certificate of Completion delivered to the Department of Public Safety.

Beginning July 1, 2027, no person may obtain a driver's license unless they have successfully completed a certified Driver Education and Training Program, with exceptions for learner's permit applicants and those with valid out-of-state licenses.

By July 1, 2026, the Department of Public Safety must establish a statewide Driver Education and Training Program available to homeschool students and adults who have not previously taken driver's education.