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Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
New program offers scholarships for teen drivers ed courses
Students across Ohio have the opportunity to have their driver training paid for through an Ohio Traffic Safety Office program called Drive to Succeed. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The program's goal is to make driver training more accessible for low-income teens through Drive to Succeed's local scholarships. TRENDING STORIES: 1 hospitalized after apparent road rage shooting in Dayton Automated freight trucks deployed on I-70 Damage reported after strong storms move through region OTSO says the average teen driving courses cost between $300-600. They are establishing this scholarship program to cover the costs of these courses. The grants are available to local government agencies, like police departments and health departments, and will then be awarded to individual students through those agencies. Eligible students are those who have demonstrated financial need, like free school lunch or SNAP, and have not had driving training. For more information on Drive to Succeed, click here. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Boardman expands driver training grant county-wide
BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – Boardman is expanding its driver training grant to all eligible students within Mahoning County. Police Chief Todd Werth announced Friday that the township's $147,885 grant to help train young drivers will be expanded to cover students within all of Mahoning County who qualify. He said that the township recently got permission from the state to offer the grant money outside of the township. The money was awarded last year through the Drive to Succeed program from the Ohio Traffic Safety Office of the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Students will receive $475 to help fund the approximate $500 cost for driver training, which includes 24 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction, all of which is mandated for 16 and 17-year-olds who want to drive. Students should contact their respective schools to express interest in the program. Arepresentative of the school can then contact Boardman Police Sergeant Paul Grimes(pgrimes@ or 330-726-4177) about interest in the program. Grant eligibility includes the following: The student must be enrolled and in good standing at their respective Mahoning County-based high school or have a letter from their local school district approving them for homeschooling and meet other eligibility requirements. The student must be age 15 years and 5 months or older prior to the start of driver training. The student must have a minimum grade point average of 2.0. The student must be ingood standing including no habitual truancy, no habitual absences, and no excessivedetentions for tardiness or being late to class, or other disciplinary issues. Financial need must be proven by the student and family and will be determined byguidelines established by the Ohio Department of Education Office of Nutrition National School Lunch Program and used by their High School Food Services Department. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
