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Article: Group pushes for driver education in schools.
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- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2006
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Byline: Christina Cooke
Jun. 14--Several citizens' groups are working to establish a driver education program in the Hamilton County Schools system, but they face the issue of funding it. One group consisting of parents, judges, law enforcement officers and business owners plans to present a proposal for a pilot driver education program to the school board in August.
"With car crashes being the No. 1 cause of fatality for teens, we think (driver education) needs to be back in schools," said David Roden, an involved parent. School system officials said they support the idea of a driver education program, but the system does not have money to ...