House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Adds a new section directing the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), in coordination with the Department of Transportation, to study and make recommendations regarding whether to add lane departure to the actual driving portion of the driver education curriculum. Details components the study is required to review and analyze, including the practicality of teaching students to respond to situations of lane departure during the actual driving portion of the driver education course, as well as any liability that can attach to the instructor, the school, the local school administrative unit, or the State by adding this element to the driver education curriculum. 

Directs DPI to ensure that at least one representative from the NC Driver and Traffic Safety Education association, one instructor employed by a private driving school, and one public school teacher certified in driver education are involved in the study.

Requires DPI to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 1, 2018.

Makes conforming changes to the act's effective date provisions. 

Amends the act's short and long titles.