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FARMINGTON, CT – The lengthy hassle involving the launch of Connecticut Rider Education Program motorcycle training classes this spring isn’t over. It continues in the form of conflicting tuition fee information being published on the CT State Community College website; info that will no doubt confuse aspiring riders trying to enroll.
Whether wishful thinking or simply an oversight, CT State’s website this week is listing two different prices for aspiring riders wanting to take the Basic Rider Course – the correct price of $260 and an incorrect price of $350.
The higher and erroneous tuition fee is found in an answer in the “Frequently Asked Questions” section of CT State’s enrollment area for CONREP classes under “How much do these classes cost?” RIDE-CT alerted CT State to the error on Monday morning and received a reply of thanks, but it had yet to be fixed 24 hours later.
The appearance of the $350 amount is significant for three reasons.
One, it’s incorrect.
Two, it’s the amount that CT State reportedly wanted to charge for BRC classes in 2026.
And, three, it’s public confirmation that CT State was seeking $350 for the BRC having not publicly commented during what was a months-long standoff with CONREP. That standoff resulted in enrollment being delayed and classes that should have been held being canceled in late March and into April. Classes are now due to launch across the state in May.
The conflict, which arose back in January, was only resolved 11 days ago when CONREP’s proposed fee of $260 – a modest increase from $240 – was agreed upon by CT State which had wanted to boost the price of taking the BRC by a whopping 46 percent.
So, once again, wannabe riders who must pass a new rider class to obtain an “M” endorsement on their driver’s license are confronted by a hurdle caused by CT State – or are at least confused by conflicting information.
The guess here is that CT State had its website in development and ready to publish and listed the $350 figure in the belief that it would be accurate – until the higher fee got rejected. Just what transpired in the tuition fee negotiations or how the $260 fee was agreed upon isn’t known.
