Marshall Griffin/news.stlpublicradio.org
02/20/2012
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The Missouri House has given first-round approval to legislation that would require driver’s license exams be given only in English.

Currently, the state of Missouri provides the written driver’s exam in English and eleven other languages. House Member Mark Parkinson (R, St. Charles) says his bill follows the spirit of the state constitution’s mandate that public proceedings be conducted in English.

“I looked a real quick search up on the…if it’s on the Internet, it has to be true…but there’s 6,999 different spoken languages and dialects throughout the world," Parkinson said. "Why are we only catering to eleven and not every one?"

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