Includes Classroom and Behind the Wheel Instruction Classroom Phase will be 16 days of classroom instruction. Classroom will be 2 hours per day. 16 X 2 adds up to 32 hours. Classroom will be completed in 4 weeks. Behind the Wheel (In car instruction). Will be completed in 7 lessons. One hour of driving and one hour of observing. 7 X 2 Adds up to 14 hours. (Student has 8 months to finish drives).

Individuals between 18 and 24 years of age are required to complete a driver education course and present the original certificate of completion at the driver license office. When applying for a license, a driving test is required. The knowledge test will be waived if it was completed during the driver education course. (The six-hour course will be taken at Cherokee Driving School). To receive your certificate you must pass the road rules and road signs test with a passing grade of a 70% or greater.

Impact Texas Teen Drivers (ITTD) was developed by the Department of Public Safety with the goal of saving lives through awareness and education. The intent of the program is meant to educate young or new drivers in an effort to reduce the risk of being involved in automobile crashes, particularly those caused by distracted driving. ITTD is a 2 hour informational video that is a prerequisite to the drive skills examination being administered by the Department or a Third Party Skills Testing (TPST) authorized school. ITTD must be viewed after you have received your DE-964, showing completion of a Teen Driver Education course. Upon completion of the ITTD program you will receive a Certificate of Completion that must be presented prior to administering the drive skills examination. The ITTD Certificate of Completion must be dated within 90 days of the administered skills examination. ITTD is available through a Third Party Skills Testing (TPST) authorized school or the Department’s Impact Texas Teen Drivers website. ATTENTION Effective September 1, 2015, if you are taking a teen driver education course, you must complete the ITTD requirement before you will be eligible to take the driving skills exam. This requirement to complete ITTD includes individuals aged 18-24, who choose to complete a teen driver education course. NOTE ITTD does not replace the distracted driving module given in the 32 hours of driver education classroom phase. This program has been added to emphasize the ever increasing dangers of distracted driving. Teens In order to test with a Third Party Skills Testing (TPST) authorized school you must be at least 16 years of age, have held a valid learner license for a minimum of six months, completed Teen Driver Education in its entirety and the Impact Texas Teen Drivers (ITTD) course. You must present a completed DE-964 to the Third Party Skills Testing (TPST) authorized school. Statutory Authority 37 Texas Administrative Code, Section 15.62 Source