Driver Education Survey
(LEA Coordinators only)

The OSBM is conducting a survey to gather info regarding driver education operations from the LEA coordinators. This info will be gathered from only one (1) from each LEA. Our Board has issued the following definition to question #11 in the survey that will assist you in your response.

From the Survey

Question #11. What are the qualifications of the Driver Education instructors? Provide the number of instructors for each category:

Definitions:

-Professional driver education- # North Carolina DMV certified after taking DMV's 80-hour course or an in-house course provided by a commercial driving school.

-Certified teacher- DPI certified/licensed teacher that gets paid on teacher scale.

-NC driver license- Holds a traditional North Carolina Driver License.

-Other- Any other qualification/certification, such as a license from another state.

Below is the actual survey questions that are being asked to the LEA Coordinators. These are provided for the membership information only. Only one (1) survey is being submitted by each LEA.

The Survey

Session Law 2010-31, Section 28.2 requires the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) to study the North Carolina Driver Education Program and make recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2010. In addition to working with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Department of Transportation (DOT), and Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), we believe that it is important to obtain certain information from the Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Therefore, we would like for you to take a few minutes to respond to this survey. Due to the short time period that OSBM has to complete the study and report to the General Assembly, we would appreciate your prompt response by having the survey completed and submitted by September 30, 2010.

1. For LEAs only: Choose your LEA Number and Name.

Questions 2-6 are asking for info for the following FY 07-08, 08-09, 09-10.
2. Number of students eligible for Driver Education
3. Number of students enrolled in Driver Education
4. Number of students that completed Driver Education Training
5. Number of students that obtained driver licenses after completing the Driver Education training:
6. What were the actual Driver Education dollars spent by the LEA per year.

7. Are any local funds/resources used to support your Driver Education program? YES, NO

8. If local funds are used, what are the sources and amounts of the funds?

LEA school funds- ................................. $_______________
County/municipal general funds- ............. $_______________
Trust or foundations- ...............................$_______________
Other- .....................................................$_______________

9. Category of program that LEA uses to provide Driver Education training:

In-house by LEA
Contract (Contractor provides instructors, vehicles, and supplies
Driver Education contractd and vehicles, supplies, and related expensed by LEA
Combination of contract and LEA personnel

10. What is the LEA's Driver Education Curriculum based on?

-Division of Motor Vehicles drivers license manual
-LEA designed curriculum
-ADTSEA (American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association) based Curriculum
-Other, please specify_______________

11. What are the qualification of the Driver Education Instructors? Provide the number of instructors for each category:

(Definitions above)
Professional driver education instructor-
Certified teacher-
NC driver license-
Other-

12. Are Driver Education vehicles, supplies, and materials purchased through the NC Purchasing and Contract Office? If no, explain why and how purchases are made. Yes No, Comment

13. Rate the administrative and management support that your LEA receives from DPI. 1 - 5

14. Rate the administrative and management support that your LEA receives from DOT. 1 - 5

15.Rate the administrative and management support that your LEA receives from DMV. 1 - 5

16. Provide your contact information:

17. Comments: