An Act relative to establishing the gateway city public school driver education program

This bill establishes a new driver education program specifically for public high school students living in gateway municipalities across Massachusetts. It creates a dedicated trust fund to collect and manage money, primarily by taking a one percent fee from existing driver's license application charges, to finance the initiative. Under the new program, eligible schools can offer driver education courses during the regular school day or as evening electives at no cost to low-income students. The legislation ensures that funds from the trust are used exclusively to reduce or eliminate tuition fees for participants in these courses.