There was already a shortage of driver education opportunities in Ohio for teens between the ages of 15 and 17.
There have been reports of waiting lists spanning weeks or months. And come September, young adults will also be on the hook to pay for the course when Ohio law will force even more to take 24 hours of driver education in the classroom and eight hours with an instructor on the road.
The requirement was added to the state’s budget bill, which passed last month, and doesn’t include any funding to expand access to driver education…