More Ohioans will be required to go through driver’s education before they can obtain a license, under a new provision contained in the state budget bill Gov. Mike DeWine signed on Tuesday.

Previously, state law only required 16- and 17-year-old drivers to go through driver’s education before trying to pass the diver’s test needed to get a license. State officials and driving instructors have said this led many young drivers to simply wait until they turned 18 before taking the test. This allowed them to save money on the cost of driving school, which is expensive and in short supply in some areas of the state.

DeWine proposed raising the minimum age as a way to try to reduce traffic fatalities. State-funded research has found 18-year-old drivers who didn’t complete courses were more likely to get into crashes than younger drivers. So, the provision making it into law is a political win for the governor.

The final budget bill lacks a provision DeWine had initially proposed that would have given millions to public schools to launch driver’s education programs. The move was DeWine’s attempt to increase driver’s education options in the state, especially in rural areas, and reverse the privatization of driver’s training that began in the 1990s. But GOP lawmakers nixed the proposal, arguing the government should not be competing with private business.

DeWine told reporters on Tuesday he plans to continue to push for ways to expand driver’s education options in the state. But he said he believes that in the meantime the number of private schools will increase to meet the demand created by the law.

“If there is a demand, there’s always people who are willing to fill that demand,” DeWine said.