Spartan study: White Station students draft legislation to analyze driver’s ed availability in Tennessee
Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon, pictured above, encouraged her students to draft legislation for the inclusion of more driver’s education programs in schools. She has been writing bills with students in her class for years, but this bill was the first one to pass. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A group of White Station High School students wanted to get more driver’s education programs into Tennessee schools, so their teacher, Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon, encouraged them to draft legislation toward the goal.
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Aarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian, focusing on crime and the local court system. He earned his bachelor’s in journalism and strategic media from the University of Memphis.
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