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After almost two years of delays and a hard-fought battle in the legislature, with THSC Association leading the fight, in April of 1997 Texas parents won the right to teach driver education to their own children. Texas became the first state with mandated driver education to allow parents to teach their own children. Many families--not just home schoolers--benefited from this victory! In legislative committee hearings, proponents of parent-taught driver education brought out the fact that studies did not show any correlation between low crash rates and professionally taught driver education. (Sound familiar? Something about the education of the students and teacher certification?) Many rural schools stopped offering driver education to their students, so students had to drive long distances to take courses in nearby cities. Also affected were low-income families since commercial driving schools, often the only option, can be expensive. stolen
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