Administering licensing exams at your driver training school

Learn how to become eligible to offer driver licensing exams to your students.

How to apply

Follow these steps to apply to administer licensing exams at your driver training school.

1. Make sure you meet the requirements

Your school must:

Be a licensed driver training school that is actively providing classroom and/or behind-the-wheel instruction.
Have the following required insurance coverage:
- A commercial general liability policy that includes contractual liability and protects against at least $1 million per incident and $2 million aggregate.
- Automobile liability coverage for at least $1 million for bodily injury and property damage. It must also include uninsured motorist coverage.

Schools that want to administer both portions of the driver licensing exam

To administer both portions, your school must have a Master Examiner or Certified Examiner on staff to administer driver licensing exams and have at least 2 test routes.

Schools that only want to offer the knowledge portion of the driver licensing exam

Your school must have a Knowledge Examiner if your school plans to offer only the knowledge exam.

2. Gather the required documents

You'll need all of the following:

A completed Request to Administer Driver License Exams form
A completed Driver Training Schools Examinations Site Information form, which must list all branch locations where you'll conduct exams
Turn-by-turn directions for all test routes for the skills exam (you must have at least 2 routes)
Proof of your most recent instruction for teens (schools that offer only adult education should provide proof of adult instruction)