AB394 establishes a driver education grant program for low-income individuals, including resident aliens and temporary visitors, who satisfy the “income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price meal in the federal school lunch program.”
The Assembly passed AB394 on October 17, 2023, by near-unanimous consent, with only 1 recorded “No” vote. We have assigned minuses to the ayes because driver education is not the role of government—rather, it is the responsibility of individual student-drivers and course instructors. Wisconsin has absolutely no duty to discriminatorily and unjustly provide “eligible” low-income residents, who have little or no tax liability, with government funds so that they may obtain a driver license at the expense of hard-working citizens.