PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Parents of teenagers learning how to drive would have to take their own driver’s education class under a proposal being considered in Rhode Island.
The state House of Representatives voted 58-11 to pass the bill Wednesday, moving it to the Senate. It would mandate a free course for parents of drivers under 18 years old. Parents with multiple children wouldn’t have to take the class more than once in a 5-year period.
AAA Northeast supports the bill, which was introduced by Democratic House Majority Leader Joseph Shekarchi. The organization intends to be a course provider.
Massachusetts and Connecticut have required such classes for about a decade. Rhode Island’s proposal offers the option of taking it online.
Republicans who opposed it say it’s a parental burden. Some suggested a manual instead.
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