Six million in driver’s education funding is now available to Wisconsin students, ages 14 to 19, who receive free or reduced lunch.
The grant-based program will pay to send approximately 11,500 low-income students per year to driver’s education classes on a first-come, first-served basis.
In December, Gov. Tony Evers signed Wisconsin Act 86, making $6 million available for driver’s education. On Sept. 5, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced that those funds are now accessible to students.
“It’s been 20 years since the state funded driver’s education, and the number of people that have taken driver’s education has been going down, and the number of people driving recklessly has been going up,” former Pathways High School administrator Franz Meyer said.
What you need to know
Interested students and/or their families can go to the WisDot website and fill out an application.
Funds are paid directly to the driving school. The funding covers 30 hours of classroom time, six hours of observation time and six hours of driving.
After applying, eligible students will receive a confirmation email with confirmation “coupon” numbers for the course.
They can share the coupon number with any licensed driving school in the state to start the course.
Driving schools will enter the coupon number in their student records upon course enrollment. Payment for the course will be sent electronically to the schools from Wisconsin DMV.
For more information
Visit the WisDot website.
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