| (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 Program Guide form with a non-refundable
fee to the department.
(b) The person conducting the course must:
(1) Possess 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;
(2) have not been convicted of:
(A) criminally negligent homicide; or
(B) driving while intoxicated in the past seven years;
and
(3) have 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
an accident; or
(B) two or more moving violations described by Section
542.304, Transportation Code, that resulted in an accident.
(c) After receiving the Parent Taught Driver Education
Program Guide, the instructor must obtain one of the department approved
parent taught driver education courses to fulfill program requirements.
(d) The parent taught driver education course provider
will provide the appropriate portion of a control-numbered DE-964
only 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.
(e) The program includes both classroom and in-car
instruction. Classroom instruction is limited to two hours per day
and in-car instruction is limited to two hours per day.
(f) The parent, or other individual authorized under §1001.112
of the Code, may teach both or utilize a licensed or public driver
education school for either phase.
(g) The fourteen (14) hours of in-car instruction must
be taught under one program; either parent taught or a licensed 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.
(h) The remaining hours of classroom following Module
One: Traffic Laws of the POI-DE, must be taught under one program,
either parent taught or a licensed or public driver education school.
(i) The additional thirty (30) hours of behind-the-wheel
practice must be completed in the presence of an adult who meets the
requirements of Texas Transportation Code, §521.222(d)(2).
(j) 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.
(k) 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.
(l) 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 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 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).
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §84.50 adopted to be effective April 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 1400; amended to be effective March 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 1698; amended to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TeReg 5394 |
