HUTCHINSON (AP) — More than a dozen Kansas school districts dropped driver’s education programs last year because of the state’s budget troubles, and the trend could continue next year.
Last year, the state used funding from speeding tickets that is designated for driver’s education programs for other needs. That caused reimbursements to districts for each student in a driver’s ed class to drop from $100 to zero, before going back up to $38.
That loss of funding prompted several districts to drop driver’s ed, but at least 88 percent of the state’s districts continue to offer classes.
And Joan Peterson, who oversees driver’s education courses in Kansas, says she is confident the program’s funding won’t be targeted again this year.
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