<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>You have to take a class, however, I think Roger is correct, the actual driving training should be done by a parent, not at the cost of the taxpayer. The taxpayer should not be paying for things the parents should be doing, and can do better than the state can. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 4/2/11, Sue Hovey <I><suehovey@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Sue Hovey <suehovey@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] More of the GOP Targeting Our Youth & Economically Challenged Parents<BR>To: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com>, lfalen@turbonet.com, v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm, "vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011, 8:43 PM<BR><BR>
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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><B>From:</B> <A title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lfalen@turbonet.com href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lfalen@turbonet.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A> ; <A title=v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision 2020</A> </DIV>
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<DIV 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
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