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Drivers education program asks for $2 million to add scholarships; funding comes from citation surcharge
Summary
The Drivers Education Grant program asked the committee to include a $2,018,943 increase (funded by a 3% surcharge on traffic citations), allowing roughly 4,000 additional scholarships and enabling outreach and advertising for the program.
The Georgia Drivers Education Grant Scholarship Program presented a request for a $2,018,943 increase to expand scholarship awards.
The program administrator explained scholarships cover 30 hours of classroom instruction and six hours of behind‑the‑wheel training, with the state paying up to $650 per approved driving school. The requested increase is sourced from the existing 3% surcharge on traffic citations that funds the program and would enable the award of approximately 4,000 additional scholarships in FY27.
Program data presented to the committee showed 8,417 applicants in FY25, with 6,552 awards and about $2.6 million redeemed in scholarship value that year. The commission said it plans to spend a portion of the additional funding on outreach and advertising to increase program take‑up where eligible students are being denied under current household income thresholds.
