ACTION SCHOOL
GENERAL 38 HOUR CLASSROOM INFORMATION
student must have their TIP car for each drive and the Road Skills Test. The card should be reviewed for any restriction and the student must follow the restriction for each drive. The student will be graded on their drive. To pass they must obtain a score of 70%. If this test is failed a driving school has the right to recommend a learner’s permit regardless of age or recommend paying for driving lessons at this or another driving school.
The eight hours behind the wheel course must be completed within 120 days of the classroom instruction.
Parent’s must meet with personnel before the beginning of the 38-Hour Driver Education Class.
This class consist of 30 hours of classroom, and 8 hours of Behind the Wheel Instruction. the Road Skills Test, is required for those students 17-years of age.
1. If a child is 15-17, or 14 years nine months (by the year, month, and day of their birthday for classroom only), they can register to take a 38-hour class. You will need to bring the TIP card, Louisiana ID or birth certificate, social security card, and a picture ID. The parent must sign through each phase of registration and licensing.
2. The parent and student will have to make an appointment at the Office of Motor Vehicles to get the Temporary Instruction Permit card. You will need a birth certificate, SS#, and picture ID.
The student will need to bring the card the day of the final exam, for the Behind the wheel instruction, and for the Road Skills Test if you are 17.
3. If you are the legal guardian, including grandparents you must supply documentation as proof.
4. If the custodial parent’s last name on the birth certificate is different from the child’s last name, you will need to verify that you are the child’s parent.
5. Students must be 15 to begin their practice drives.
Students must be present and on time day each day for class and drives. State law does not allow to assign make-up work to be completed at home.
We will now provide classroom studies if you fill as if your child will need additional help or for assistance in passing the final exam.
The Where the student will begin and end their drive will be determined by the driving instructor.
Through each phase of the licensing process the parent or guardian and student has paperwork that they both have to sign, at OMV and the driving schools.
STAGE 1: LEARNER’S PERMIT
1. Must be a minimum of fifteen (15) years of age.
2. Must complete thirty (30) hours classroom instruction and eight (8) hours behind-the-wheel driving instruction.
3. Is authorized to drive only with a licensed adult at least twenty-one (21) years of age or sibling at least eighteen (18) years of age.
5. Must maintain learner’s license for a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days and cannot advance to intermediate stage until attainment of sixteenth (16th) birthday.
Note: Upgrading from Permit to Intermediate (age 16):
Effective January 1, 2011, no applicant shall be issued a Class "E" intermediate license unless a signed statement by the parent or legal guardian is provided to the department attesting that the applicant has a minimum of fifty (50) hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience with a licensed parent, guardian, or adult at least twenty-one (21) years of age. At least fifteen (15) of these hours must be nighttime driving.
STAGE 2: INTERMEDIATE LICENSE
1. Must have completed STAGE 1.
2. Must be a minimum of sixteen (16) years of age.
3. Must pass the road skills driving test with at least 80% accuracy.
4. Is prohibited from driving between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless accompanied by a licensed adult at least twenty-one (21) years of age or sibling at least eighteen (18) years of age.
Additionally, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., an intermediate licensee may not transport more than one passenger under the age of twenty-one (21) years of age that is not a member of the immediate family.
5. Must be maintained until seventeenth (17th) birthday.
STAGE 3: FULL LICENSE
1. Must successfully complete STAGES 1 AND 2 OR
2. Must be at least seventeen (17) years of age prior to application for first license