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New drivers in D.C. will not have to spend time in the classroom before hitting the streets. D.C.’s Department of Motor Vehicles has indefinitely suspended its recently announced driver education mandate.

The new rules, slated to begin May 1, would have required anyone who was seeking a license for the first time in the District to complete 30 hours of classroom time and eight hours of behind-the-wheel practice at a D.C.-approved driving school.

But those classes cost upwards of $1,000—a fee that some District residents say that can’t afford, The Washington Post reported. In response, the department is “taking this action to give us a chance to further review the impact it may have,” Vanessa Newton of the DMV told The Post.

D.C.’s program is suspended for now, and new drivers will only have to pass written and road tests. All new drivers in Maryland and first-timers in Virginia are already required to take courses.