N.Y. Educ. Law § 806-a

§ 806-a. Driver education. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, all school districts providing instruction in driver education\nshall include in such instruction: (a) a driver safety component with an\nemphasis on the effects of alcohol and drug use, (b) instruction in\nmotorcycle safety awareness. The commissioner, upon approval by the\ncommissioner of motor vehicles, shall establish a curriculum for the\nalcohol and drug education component which shall include but not be\nlimited to: instruction describing the hazards of driving while impaired\nor intoxicated; the penalties for alcohol related motor vehicle\nviolations including sanctions set forth in the penal law that apply to\nhomicides and assaults arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle\nwhile intoxicated and those sanctions set forth in the vehicle and\ntraffic law relating to driving while intoxicated; and the medical,\nbiological and physiological effects of the consumption of alcohol and\ntheir impact on the operation of a motor vehicle.\n 2. The commissioner, upon approval of the commissioner of motor\nvehicles, shall establish by regulation a certification process by\ndriver education courses of the amount of time a holder of a class DJ or\nclass MJ learner's permit has spent operating a motor vehicle while\nunder the immediate supervision of a driver education teacher. A\ncertificate issued pursuant to this subdivision shall be deemed to be\nproof of all or a portion of the supervised driving experience required\nunder certification pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision two of\nsection five hundred two of the vehicle and traffic law.\n