(A) The board of education of each city, exempted village, local, and joint vocational school district may make a driver education course available to high school students enrolled in the district in accordance with Chapter 4508 of the Revised Code. No school district making such a course available shall require any student to enroll in the course in lieu of taking a training course from a private driver training school licensed under that chapter.

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(B) The principal of each high school shall annually give written notice to the students enrolled in the high school that they may elect, under a procedure that shall be described in the notice, to take a training course from a private driver training school or, if available, enroll in a driver education course made available by the student’s school district of attendance.

(C) Students who successfully complete a driver education course offered by the student’s school district of attendance or through any agency or organization that the district contracts with to offer such a course under this section may earn either:

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in division (C)(8) of section 3313.603 of the Revised Code, up to one-half unit towards high school elective credits that may substitute for credits in the subjects listed under that division;

(2) An industry-recognized credential approved under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code. A student may be granted up to two points toward a high school diploma under the list of industry-recognized credentials established and updated under section 3313.6113 of the Revised Code.

(D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sections 3317.014, 3317.022, and 3317.16 of the Revised Code, a career-technical planning district, as defined in section 3317.023 of the Revised Code, may use a portion of the career-technical education funds received under section 3317.022 or 3317.16 of the Revised Code to make a driver education course available to high school students enrolled in the district.