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Senate debates $1 driver-training fee increase amid arguments over subsidy and privatization
Summary
Senators debated SB 1 to raise the driver-training fee from $2 to $3 (later an unsuccessful amendment to $2.50), with supporters citing a $232,902 shortfall for last year’s training program and opponents calling the measure a tax on all vehicle owners and urging private-sector alternatives.
The Senate spent extended floor time on Senate Bill 1, a measure to raise the driver-training fee from $2 to $3 per registered vehicle to bolster funding for public school driver education programs. Senator David Steele, sponsor of the bill, presented charts showing that last year public schools trained 29,119 students at a statewide training cost of $2,580,000, with…
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