Amends existing law to reduce the number of hours of classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training that a new applicant must complete as part of a board-approved apprenticeship training program.

The State Driving Businesses Licensure Board is proposing legislation to reduce the apprenticeship training hour requirement to qualify for driving business instructor licensure from sixty (60) to thirty (30) hours of classroom instruction, and to reduce the number of behind-the-wheel training hours from one hundred eight (108) to sixteen (16) hours. This Board also requests an emergency clause for this legislation to allow its early implementation for the benefit of applicants. These changes will reduce barriers to licensure and employment for driving business instructors.