TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Ohio is making some changes to driver’s education requirements for new drivers. Starting this week, more people will need to get in the classroom before getting behind the wheel.

Beginning Sept. 30, anyone under the age of 21 who gets a driver’s license in Ohio will have to go through driver’s education classes first. Currently, driver’s ed is required for 16 and 17-year-olds.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine hopes his new $50 million plan to bring driver training back to Ohio high schools marks the first step toward a bigger goal: making Ohio only the second state in the ...

Lawmakers added the new requirement to the state budget earlier this year at DeWine’s urging. His office cited figures from the Ohio Traffic Safety Office showing 58% of fatal crashes caused by teen ...