Texas Education Code 1001.112 – Parent-Taught Driver Education
(a) A person who is eligible under Subsection (b) may conduct a driver education course approved under § 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 § 542.304, Transportation Code, including violations that resulted in a collision; or
(B) two or more moving violations described by § 542.304, Transportation Code, that resulted in a collision.
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 1001.112
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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 § 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).