Our Texas adult driver education course is the state-approved six-hour course for first-time Texas driver license applicants. Whether you are required to take it depends on your age.
Ages 18–24: Required
Under Texas Transportation Code §521.1601, DPS may not issue a driver license to a first-time applicant younger than 25 unless they have completed an approved driver education course. Our six-hour adults-only course satisfies this requirement.
If you are 18–24 and applying for your first Texas license, you must also:
- Complete the free Impact Texas Adult Drivers (ITAD) course before your DPS driving (road) test
- Pass the DPS vision exam and road (driving) test
When you finish the six-hour course, your Certificate of Completion shows you completed a TDLR-approved driver education course and passed the in-course written exam. Bring it to DPS so you do not retake the road-signs-and-traffic-laws written test at the office. The course does not cover the vision exam or the road (driving) test; everyone still takes those at DPS.
Ages 25 and Older: Optional
If you are 25 or older, Texas does not require you to take a driver education course. You may still take our course voluntarily — many adults do, to learn the rules of the road and to drive more confidently. If you complete it and pass the in-course written exam, you normally do not retake that written test at DPS. A 25+ first-time applicant still needs to pass the DPS vision exam and road test, and present standard identity/residency/Social Security documentation. ITAD is required before the DPS driving skills test for applicants 25 and older.
Already Licensed in Another U.S. State
If you moved to Texas and hold a valid, unexpired driver license from another U.S. state, you are exempt from the adult driver education course requirement (§521.1601(b)). You would surrender that out-of-state license when you apply for your Texas license.
Under 18
This six-hour adult course is not for minors. Drivers under 18 must complete the 24-hour teen/minor driver education course instead — the adult course does not satisfy a minor's requirement.