(1) Establish and certify a statewide driver education program and behind-the-wheel driver training program, to include the number of course hours, curriculum, and certification of teachers and third-party examiners[. The director of transportation is also directed to set];

(2) Set a cost for the programs to enable the programs to be self-sufficient[.]; and

(3) Ensure that the program is available on the same basis to every applicant to the program, including but not limited to private school and home-schooled students.

(1) Set the prerequisites and priorities for enrollment in the course of driver education and training, which shall be open on the same basis to every resident of the [State] state who is fifteen years of age or older and under nineteen years of age[;], including but not limited to private school and home-schooled students;

(2) Establish the requirements for and employ necessary instructors, who are certified to have completed satisfactorily an approved instructor's course, to conduct the course in driver education and training;

(3) Issue a certificate of completion to every student upon satisfactory completion of the course in driver education and training;

(4) Purchase, rent, or acquire by gift, materials and equipment necessary for the program established by this section; and

(5) Cooperate with the chief of police in each county in promoting traffic safety."