Section 806-A. Driver education

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
  law, all school districts  providing  instruction  in  driver  education
  shall include in such instruction: (a) a driver safety component with an
  emphasis  on  the  effects  of  alcohol and drug use, (b) instruction in
  motorcycle safety awareness. The  commissioner,  upon  approval  by  the
  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles,  shall establish a curriculum for the
  alcohol and drug education component which  shall  include  but  not  be
  limited to: instruction describing the hazards of driving while impaired
  or   intoxicated;  the  penalties  for  alcohol  related  motor  vehicle
  violations including sanctions set forth in the penal law that apply  to
  homicides  and  assaults arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle
  while intoxicated and those sanctions  set  forth  in  the  vehicle  and
  traffic  law  relating  to  driving  while intoxicated; and the medical,
  biological and physiological effects of the consumption of  alcohol  and
  their impact on the operation of a motor vehicle.
    2.  The  commissioner,  upon  approval  of  the  commissioner of motor
  vehicles, shall establish  by  regulation  a  certification  process  by
  driver education courses of the amount of time a holder of a class DJ or
  class  MJ  learner's  permit  has  spent operating a motor vehicle while
  under the  immediate  supervision  of  a  driver  education  teacher.  A
  certificate  issued  pursuant  to this subdivision shall be deemed to be
  proof of all or a portion of the supervised driving experience  required
  under  certification  pursuant  to  paragraph  (d) of subdivision two of
  section five hundred two of the vehicle and traffic law.