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(2) A licensed driver education school shall issue driver ed-
ucation certificates only to students who have successfully completed
the applicable elements of the approved driver education course.
(A) The "For Learner License Only" portion of the
DE-964 certificate shall be issued to the student upon completion
of Module One of the Program of Organized Instruction for Driver
Education and Traffic Safety.
(B) The "For Driver License Only" portion of the
DE-964 certificate shall be issued to the student upon completion of
the driver education program.
(C) The exception to subsections (A) and (B) is a re-
quest for transfer by the parent or legal guardian of the student. The
transfer policy will be followed to comply with the parent or legal
guardian request for transfer.
(3) The DPS copy of a driver education certificate must
contain the original signature of the TDLR licensed instructor. The
name of the driver education school owner or its designee may be writ-
ten, stamped, or typed.
(c) Parent taught driver education course providers responsi-
bilities.
(1) The parent taught driver education course provider
shall issue DE-964 certificates only to students who have successfully
completed the applicable elements of the approved parent taught
driver education course.
(A) The parent taught driver education course provider
shall receive proof the student has completed Module One of the Pro-
gram of Organized Instruction for Driver Education and Traffic Safety
before issuing the "For Learner License Only" portion of the DE-964
certificate.
(B) The parent taught driver education course provider
shall receive proof the student has completed the approved parent
taught driver education before issuing the "For Driver License Only"
portion of the DE-964 certificate.
(C) The exception to Subsections (A) and (B) is a re-
quest for transfer by the parent or legal guardian of the student. The
parent taught driver education course provider shall complete the trans-
fer DE-964 certificate to indicate the completion of Module One and
the entire course.
(2) The name of the owner of the parent taught driver edu-
cation course or its designee may be written, stamped, or typed.
(d) Public Schools, Education Service Centers, Colleges or
Universities responsibilities.
(1) The driver education certificates shall be issued to the
superintendent, college or university chief school official, ESC direc-
tor, or their designee to be responsible for managing the certificates for
the school. This does not remove the superintendent, college or uni-
versity chief school official, or ESC director from obligations pursuant
to this subchapter to oversee the program.
(2) The department will accept purchase requisitions from
school districts.
(3) Each superintendent, college or university chief school
official, ESC director, or their designee shall ensure that the policies
concerning driver education certificates are followed by all individuals
who have responsibility for the certificates.
(4) The superintendent, college or university chief school
official, ESC director, or their designee must ensure that employeescomplete, issue, or validate a driver education certificate only to a per-
son who has successfully completed the entire portion of the course for
which the driver education certificate is being used.
(A) The "For Learner License Only" portion of the
driver education certificate shall be issued to the student upon com-
pletion of Module One of the Program of Organized Instruction for
Driver Education and Traffic Safety.
(B) The "For Driver License Only" portion of the driver
education certificate shall be issued to the student upon completion of
the driver education program.
(C) The exception to subsections (A) and (B) is a re-
quest for transfer by the parent or legal guardian of the student. The
transfer policy will be followed to comply with the parent or legal
guardian request for transfer.
(5) The DPS copy of a driver education certificate must
contain the original signature of the certified instructor. The name of
the superintendent, college or university chief school official, ESC di-
rector, or their designee may be written, stamped, typed, or omitted.
(6) The superintendent, college or university chief school
official, ESC director, or their designee shall complete the affidavit on
the driver education certificate if the certified instructor has left the
driver education program, seriously ill or deceased.
(7) The right to receive DE-964 certificates may be imme-
diately suspended for a period determined by the department if:
(A) a department investigation is in progress and the de-
partment has reasonable cause to believe the certificates have been mis-
used or abused or that adequate security was not provided; or
(B) the superintendent, college or university chief
school official, ESC director, or their designee fails to provide infor-
mation on records requested by the department within the allotted
time.
84.44. Driver Education Instructor License.
(a) Application for licensing as a driver education instructor
must be made on forms prescribed by the department. A person apply-
ing for an original driver education instructor license must:
(1) - (2) (No change.)
(3) submit a completed application with non-refundable
application fee as prescribed by the department;
(4) - (7) (No change.)
(b) Driver education instructor license endorsement qualifica-
tions and responsibilities:
(1) Supervising [driver education] teacher qualifications:
(A) must have a valid driver education teacher instruc-
tor license, issued by the department, for at least one year; and [eurrent,
valid -Texas teacher's certificate and an offielal transcript indicating
completion of -5 semester hours of driver and traffic safety education
from an accredited college or university or evdenee of completion of
a department approvedinstructor developent course that is equiva-
lent to 4-5 semester hours: C-wplction of course work in an approved
alternative certification program may suffiee for all or part of the 4-5
semester hours of driver and traffic safety education if the dcpai4ment
determines that the course is equivalent-]
(B) must have an official transcript indicating comple-
tion of 15 semester hours of driver and traffic safety education from
an accredited college or university; or [may perform instruction and
administration of the classroom and in-ear phases ofdriver education45 TexReg 2976 May 8, 2020 Texas Register
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