Opinion No. Oag 67-82, (1982)

ED JACKAMONIS, Speaker State Assembly

On behalf of the Committee on Assembly Organization, you have asked me whether public school districts may charge students in driver education programs for the cost of providing the programs. Specifically, you ask whether such charges would contravene Wis. Const. art. X, § 3, which states that the Legislature shall provide for the establishment of district schools which shall be "free and without charge for tuition."

Since Wis. Const. art X, § 3, does not apply to vocational, technical and adult education school districts, see 64 Op. Att'y Gen. 24 (1975), I…