Ohio § 3301.17 Driver education courses

Ohio Statutes

§ 3301.17 — Driver education courses

Ohio § 3301.17

Title 33Education-Libraries

Ch. 3301Department of Education and Workforce

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3301.17 (2026).

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(A)The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district may make a driver education course available to high school students enrolled in the district in accordance with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code. No school district making such a course available shall require any student to enroll in the course in lieu of taking a training course from a private driver training school licensed under that chapter.

(B)The principal of each high school shall annually give written notice to the students enrolled in the high school that they may elect, under a procedure that shall be described in the notice, to take a training course from a private driver training school or, if available, enroll in a driver education course made available by the student's

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(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district may make a driver education course available to high school students enrolled in the district in accordance with Chapter 4508. of the Revised Code. No school district making such a course available shall require any student to enroll in the course in lieu of taking a training course from a private driver training school licensed under that chapter.

(B) The principal of each high school shall annually give written notice to the students enrolled in the high school that they may elect, under a procedure that shall be described in the notice, to take a training course from a private driver training school or, if available, enroll in a driver education course made available by the student's school district of attendance.

(C) Students who successfully complete a driver education course offered by the student's school district of attendance or through any agency or organization that the district contracts with to offer such a course under this section may earn either:

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (C)(8) of section3313.603of the Revised Code, up to one-half unit towards high school elective credits that may substitute for credits in the subjects listed under that division;

(2) An industry-recognized credential approved under section3313.6113of the Revised Code.

(D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections3317.014,3317.022, and3317.16of the Revised Code, a career-technical planning district, as defined in section3317.023of the Revised Code, may use a portion of the career-technical education funds received under section3317.022or3317.16of the Revised Code to make a driver education course available to high school students enrolled in the district.

Last updated July 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM