The Education & Examination Division would like to say THANK YOU to the Driving Safety Providers who have already began reporting student completion data in the new Online Licensing System. We wanted to share with you a few important reminders that will help avoid error codes: Questions/Concerns If you’ve gone through the training review guide… Read More about Driving Safety Provider Student Completion Upload
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation proposes changes to the rules at 16 TAC, Chapter 84, Driver Education and Safety. What are the proposed rule changes? The proposed rule changes: When and where can I review the proposed rule changes? The proposed rule changes will be published in the Proposed Rules section of the… Read More about Summary of Proposed Rule Changes
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation withdraws proposed amendments to existing rules at 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Chapter 84, Subchapter A, §84.2 and §84.3; Subchapter C, §§84.40, 84.43, 84.44, 84.46; Subchapter D, §84.50; Subchapter E, §84.60 and §84.63; Subchapter G, §84.80; and Subchapter N, §84.600 and §84.601; new rules at Subchapter D, §84.51 and… Read More about TDLR Withdraws Proposed Rule Changes
The Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Youth Driver Education Funding Program provides funding to help youth who were in foster care or who are homeless receive driver education so they can obtain driver licenses. The program pays the fees associated with meeting the requirements for becoming licensed drivers, including paying driver education schools for driver education… Read More about Texas Workforce Commission’s Youth Driver Education Funding Program
TDLR has completed its review of student records for the Driving School of Mansfield and I Drive Driving Academy and created a Verification of Instruction letter based off those records. Students affected by the closure will use this letter instead of the required DE-964 certificate. The following schools have offered to help displaced students:… Read More about Driving School of Mansfield and I Drive Driving Academy – School Closure
Beginning August 19, 2024, Driving Safety Providers will order driving safety certificate numbers and upload student completion data using the new Online Licensing System. Providers will not be able to order driving safety certificate numbers between August 5, 2024, through August 18, 2024. Certificate Orders will not be processed at all during the transition phase. If you are… Read More about Driving Safety Providers: Changes to Certificate Ordering System and Driving Safety Student Data Uploads
The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation adopted amendments to existing rules at 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 84, Subchapter B, §84.30, regarding the Driver Education and Safety program. The adopted rules implement House Bill (HB) 3743, Section 4, 88th Legislature, Regular Session (2023), which exempts the Commission and the Department’s advisory boards from Texas… Read More about Commission Adopts Rules
Driver Education and Driving Safety curriculums must include information about the Texas Driving with Disabilities Program no later than September 1, 2024. Driver Education and Driving Safety providers must update their curriculums and complete the Statement of Assurance Transaction (SOA) in the TDLR Online Licensing Services System to show that their course has been updated…. Read More about Information Relating to the Texas Driving with Disabilities Program
I Drive Driving Academy On Thursday, February 15, 2023, the department received a tip that C3435 IDrive Driving Academy located in Mansfield Texas closed without notification to parents and to the department. The records will be delivered to the department at the beginning of April. Once the records are processed, they will be mailed to… Read More about Closed Driver Education Schools
Fingerprints provided for YOUR TDLR application shall be used to check criminal history records of the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in accordance with applicable statutes. NOTE: Do NOT schedule an appointment for fingerprinting until after you have filed your license application. All the information you need to schedule your fingerprint appointment will… Read More about Fingerprint Information