Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 84 - DRIVER EDUCATION AND SAFETY › Subchapter D - PARENT-TAUGHT DRIVER EDUCATION › Section 84.50 - Parent-Taught Driver Education Program Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Prior to
				  teaching a department-approved parent-taught driver education course, a parent
				  or other individual authorized under §1001.112 of the Code, must submit a
				  completed request for Parent-Taught Driver Education Instructor Designation
				  Service Application with a non-refundable fee to the department.
(b) After receiving the Parent-Taught Driver
				  Education Instructor Designation Service Application, the instructor must
				  obtain one of the department approved parent-taught driver education courses to
				  fulfill program requirements.
(c)
				  The parent-taught driver education provider must provide the appropriate
				  portion of a control-numbered DE-964 to a person who has completed the
				  objectives found in Module One: Traffic Laws of the POI-DE, or who has
				  successfully completed the entire portion of the course for which the DE-964 is
				  being issued.
(d) The program
				  includes both classroom and in-car instruction phases. Instruction is limited
				  to six hours per day, including not more than two hours of behind-the-wheel
				  instruction per day.
(e) The
				  parent, or other individual authorized under §1001.112 of the Code, may
				  teach both instruction phases, or utilize a licensed driver education provider,
				  or public driver education school for either phase.
(f) The fourteen (14) hours of in-car
				  instruction must be taught under one program: either parent-taught, or a
				  licensed driver education provider, or public driver education school. All
				  previous driver education hours must be repeated if the method of instruction
				  changes prior to completion of either phase.
(g) The remaining hours of classroom
				  following Module One: Traffic Laws of the POI-DE, must be taught under one
				  program, either parent-taught, a licensed driver education provider, or public
				  driver education school.
(h) The
				  additional thirty (30) hours of behind-the-wheel supervised practice must be
				  completed in the presence of an adult who meets the requirements of Texas
				  Transportation Code, §
										521.222(d)(2).
(i) A student may apply to the Department of
				  Public Safety for a learner license after completion of the objectives found in
				  Module One: Traffic Laws of the POI-DE.
(j) Behind-the-wheel driver education
				  instruction may be conducted in any vehicle that is legally operated with a
				  Class C driver license on a Texas highway.
(k) Behind-the-wheel driver education
				  instruction may begin after the student receives a learner license. The
				  required curriculum that must be followed includes: minimum of 44 hours that
				  includes: seven hours behind the wheel supervised practice instruction in the
				  presence of a parent or other individual authorized under §1001.112 of the
				  Code; seven hours of in-car observation in the presence of a parent or other
				  individual authorized under §1001.112 of the Code; and 30 hours of behind
				  the wheel supervised practice instruction, including at least 10 hours at
				  night, in the presence of an adult who meets the requirements of Texas
				  Transportation Code, §
										521.222(d)(2).