I. The provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 263:19 shall not prevent the issuance of a driver‘s license to any individual who can provide satisfactory evidence of completion of a course of driver education, approved by the state in which the course is offered, provided that the commissioner of safety shall determine that such course is essentially equivalent to the state’s minimum standards. The commissioner shall take all reasonable steps to facilitate appropriate interstate driver education. The commissioner shall include in its report pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 20:7, a report to the general court on the progress of reciprocal driver education.
II. The commissioner of safety shall develop and adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to driver education reciprocity, including procedures for submitting a request for reciprocal recognition of driver education and the evaluation of such requests, including criteria for determining whether the education meets the state’s minimum standards.