After September 30, thousands of young adults in Ohio won't be able to get a driver's license without completing a driver's education program.

Currently, Ohio law has been that anyone seeking a driver's license at the age of 18 could take the test without completing driver's ed. After the end of September, that age will be raised to 21, and everyone between the ages of 16 and 20 will have to take driver's ed.

The requirements mean anyone under 21 has to complete 24 hours of classroom training, eight hours of behind-the-wheel training and 50 hours of driving with a licensed adult.

The requirement change was added into Ohio's more-than-3,000-page state budget, which was signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine on July 1.

DeWine has fought to put driver's education programs back in public

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