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<DIV><FONT size=4>And isn’t there usually an auto insurance requirement that in
order to get a good driver’s discount young drivers have to complete a licensed
driving program?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 02, 2011 5:48 AM</DIV>
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href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A> ; <A
title=v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] More of the GOP Targeting Our Youth &
Economically Challenged Parents</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Roger,<BR><BR>Isn't
it meaningless for you to say "Train your own kids," when Idaho law requires a
class for drivers under 17? <BR><BR>You say "Fees are too high." The Republican
party-line vote will make these classes MORE expensive, and maintains the
requirement these drivers take a class.<BR><BR>Sunil<BR><BR>> Date: Fri, 1
Apr 2011 11:29:35 -0700<BR>> From: lfalen@turbonet.com<BR>> To:
v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020]
More of the GOP Targeting Our Youth & Economically Challenged
Parents<BR>> <BR>> Genesee charges $165.00, On April 11 there is a public
hearing to raise it to $225.00 on May 1. Fees are getting too high. Train your
own kids.<BR>> Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>> From:
"Saundra Lund" v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm<BR>> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:20:21
-0700<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] More of
the GOP Targeting Our Youth & Economically Challenged Parents<BR>>
<BR>> > The hits just keep coming, and it's absolutely *disgusting* to me
the real<BR>> > motive behind so many is to improve the lot of for-profit
businesses while<BR>> > harming the least among us.<BR>> > <BR>>
> If these GOP legislators had any shame -- which they've proven time &
again<BR>> > this legislative session that they don't -- they would have,
in tandem with<BR>> > this hair-brained idea, done away with mandatory
driver-training program for<BR>> > those under 17. I know the "quality" of
some of these for-profit driving<BR>> > schools, and they certainly are no
more capable than many parents can do<BR>> > without having to shell out
$350. Currently, MHS charges $135, so an<BR>> > increase to $350 would be
a whopping 40% increase, and increase many<BR>> > families could
ill-afford As it is, the rank hypocrisy of the GOP's motive<BR>> > is
glaringly apparent.<BR>> > <BR>> > SL<BR>> > <BR>> >
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/03/31/1587391/idaho-house-to-debate-cutti<BR>>
> ng.html<BR>> > <BR>> > March 31, 2011<BR>> > Idaho House
to debate cutting driver's ed funding<BR>> > By JESSIE L. BONNER -
Associated Press<BR>> > <BR>> > Idaho would no longer help cover the
cost of driver's education classes at<BR>> > public schools, under a bill
before the 2011 Legislature.<BR>> > <BR>> > Republican lawmakers
advanced legislation Thursday to strip state funding<BR>> > from driver's
ed classes, essentially ending the $125-per student subsidy<BR>> > for
programs that have been offered through Idaho's public schools since<BR>>
> 1948. The bulk of the money would be redirected into a public school
rainy<BR>> > day account.<BR>> > <BR>> > The changes would
leave either students or schools to pick up the slack.<BR>> > Idaho's
wannabe teen drivers already pay $180 to $200 of the total $325 cost<BR>>
> of driver's ed classes, according to lawmakers behind the measure.<BR>>
> <BR>> > Republican Rep. Steve Thayn of Emmett contends his bill aims
to spur debate<BR>> > about education spending.<BR>> > <BR>> >
"It's a matter of priorities," he said. "Should we continue to subsidize<BR>>
> each student that takes driver's training from a public school or
reallocate<BR>> > those funds back into the classroom?"<BR>> >
<BR>> > Student fees covered roughly half the total $2.3 million cost of
public<BR>> > driver's education courses in Idaho schools last year. The
state reimbursed<BR>> > school districts for the remaining $1.3 million,
at a rate of $125 per<BR>> > student enrolled in the training courses,
using money collected from<BR>> > driver's license fees.<BR>> >
<BR>> > The Republican-dominated House Education Committee advanced
Thyan's bill on<BR>> > a party-line vote.<BR>> > <BR>> >
Critics, primarily Democrats, contend the legislation jeopardizes access
to<BR>> > public driver's training courses and will put the cost out of
reach for some<BR>> > families.<BR>> > <BR>> > "Our rural
students are driving and they have a lot of responsibilities,<BR>> >
especially in our farming areas. They need to have the training," said<BR>>
> Democratic Rep. Donna Pence of Gooding.<BR>> > <BR>> > State
law requires anyone under age 17 applying for a driver's license to<BR>> >
complete a driver-training program. About 10,000 students took public<BR>>
> driver's ed courses in Idaho school districts last year, according to
the<BR>> > state Department of Education.<BR>> > <BR>> >
Supporters of the changes included operators of private driver's ed<BR>> >
businesses, who contend the subsidies for public driver's ed programs
create<BR>> > an uneven playing field. Private driver's ed courses cost
between $325 and<BR>> > $350, lawmakers said.<BR>> > <BR>> >
"You're subsidizing a product that's in direct competition to free<BR>> >
enterprise," said Kim Hatch, whose family operates Hatch's Drivers
Training<BR>> > in Meridian.<BR>> > <BR>> > Democratic Rep.
Susan Chew of Boise countered that the programs were about<BR>> >
safety.<BR>> > <BR>> > "I thought that the reason we were
subsidizing it, is so when I get out in<BR>> > my car I don't have to run
into a crazy kid that hasn't been trained," Chew<BR>> > said.<BR>> >
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