West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-022 - Regulations for Driver Education and Student Licensing (Policy 2422.2)
Section 126-22-2 - Applicability

2.1. W. Va. Code § 18-6-4, et seq., authorizes the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE), with the advice of the State Superintendent of Schools (State Superintendent), to promulgate rules governing the establishment, conduct, and scope of driver education in public, private, and parochial secondary schools located within the state, subject to the requirements and exceptions set forth in W. Va. Code.

2.2. There shall be offered in all public secondary schools within the state, without charge to the students, an approved, comprehensive course in driver education. The course may be offered in summer school in addition to the regular instructional term. Before graduating from a secondary school, students shall be provided an opportunity and encouraged to successfully complete a driver education course approved by the WVBE. In those counties where, sufficient public secondary school driver education courses are not available to meet all requests for the course, county boards of education (county board) shall, as quickly as possible, make sufficient courses available to fill those requests.

2.3. The following standards shall be applicable for all driver education courses offered and made available to students within the state, regardless of whether the courses are offered by public, private, or parochial schools.

2.4. W. Va. Code § 18-8-11, authorizes the WVBE, to promulgate a rule outlining compulsory school attendance and academic progress as a condition of licensing for the privilege of operation of a motor vehicle.