2023 Texas Statutes › Education Code › Title 5 - Other Education › Chapter 1001 - Driver and Traffic Safety Education › Subchapter C. Driver Education and Driving Safety Curriculum › Section 1001.112. Parent-Taught Driver Education

Sec. 1001.112.  PARENT-TAUGHT DRIVER EDUCATION.  (a)  A person who is eligible under Subsection (b) may conduct a driver education course approved under Section 1001.1017 for another person who is required to complete a driver education course to obtain a Class C license. In conducting the course, the person must use course materials provided by a parent-taught driver education provider.
(b)  A person is eligible to conduct a driver education course for another person as provided by Subsection (a) if the person:
(1)  is either:
(A)  a parent, stepparent, foster parent, legal guardian, grandparent, or step-grandparent of the other person; or
(B)  an individual who:
(i)  has been designated on a form prescribed by the department for purposes of this section by a parent or legal guardian of the other person or by a judge of a court with jurisdiction over the other person;
(ii)  is at least 25 years of age;
(iii)  does not charge a fee for conducting the course; and
(iv)  has at least seven years of driving experience;
(2)  has possessed a valid license for the preceding three years that has not been suspended, revoked, or forfeited in the past three years for an offense that involves the operation of a motor vehicle;
(3)  has not been convicted of:
(A)  criminally negligent homicide; or
(B)  driving while intoxicated in the past seven years; and
(4)  has not been convicted during the preceding three years of:
(A)  three or more moving violations described by Section 542.304, Transportation Code, including violations that resulted in a collision; or
(B)  two or more moving violations described by Section 542.304, Transportation Code, that resulted in a collision.
(c)  A person conducting a driver education course under this section may provide the classroom instruction portion, the behind-the-wheel instruction portion, or both portions.
(d)  The department may not require for a course conducted under this section that:
(1)  the classroom instruction be provided in a room with particular characteristics or equipment; or
(2)  the vehicle used for the behind-the-wheel instruction have equipment other than the equipment otherwise required by law for operation of the vehicle on a highway while the vehicle is not being used for driver training.
(e)  A parent-taught driver education provider may administer to an applicant the highway sign and traffic law parts of the examination as provided by Section 521.1655(a-1), Transportation Code, through electronic means.
(f) The department may not charge a fee for the submission of proof of:
(1)  completion of a course conducted under this section; or
(2)  passage of an examination administered under Subsection (e).
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1044 (H.B. 1786), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 584 (S.B. 848), Sec. 3, eff. June 9, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 990 (H.B. 912), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2048), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 5.18, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 127, eff. September 1, 2023.