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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 933

and Employment

FOR the purpose of authorizing the transfer of certain
classroom instructors employed in driver education
programs conducted under the jurisdiction of the State
Department of Education into other subject offerings.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 16-505

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Transportation

16-505,

(a) To qualify as a certified classroom instructor, a
classroom instructor shall:

(1)    Have an appropriate college degree; and

(2)    Meet the standards adopted under §16-506 of
this subtitle.

(b)    To qualify as a certified laboratory instructor,
a laboratory instructor shall:

(1)    Have a high school graduation certificate
or its equivalent; and

(2)    Meet the standards adopted under §16-506 of
this subtitle.

(c)    Notwithstanding the requirements of this section,
but subject to the other provisions of this subtitle:

(1)    Any individual who was certified by      the
Administration as a classroom or a laboratory instructor   for
a licensed drivers' school on or before July 1, 1974,   may
renew his OR HER certification periodically; and

(2)    Any individual who was certified by the
State Department of Education as a driver education
instructor for a public or a nonpublic school on or before
July 1, 1974, may:

(i) Keep his OR HER certification; and

(ii) [Continue] BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE
serving in any school day driver education capacity for
which he OR SHE was employed during the school year 1973—74;