Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding reimbursement from the Driver Training Fund.
DRIVER TRAINING -- Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding reimbursement from the Driver Training Fund.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
A portion of every Idaho resident's driver license fee goes into the driver education account utilized by the Idaho State Department of Education to reimburse local education agencies (LEAs) that provide public driver education programs. LEAs receive $125 in reimbursements for each student who completes the program. While that reimbursement limit has not changed since 1996, the cost of administering Idaho's public school driver training program has continued to increase over time. On average, students paid $173.11 to take a driver training course and LEAs subsidized the program an average of $259,994.24. By increasing the reimbursement to$150perstudent,itwillpreventLEAsfromusingdiscretionaryfundstosupporttheirdrivertrainingprograms and decrease the amount students have to pay in driver training fees to sustain these programs.
HOW THEY VOTED
Senate Third Reading
YEA (24)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
House Third Reading
YEA (38)
NAY (30)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (2)
LATEST ACTION
Session Law Chapter 147 Effective: 07/01/2020