It's easy to transfer from Aceable's Parent Taught Drivers Ed to a local driving school for your behind-the-wheel portion.
Here is a list of the steps involved. Click on each step to read more about it.
- Get your permit and complete all 32 classroom hours with Aceable.
- Pick your driving school and let Aceable know.
- We will email you a transfer certificate.
- Start your driving hours with your school.
- Practice 30 more driving hours with a licensed driver over 21.
- Hold your permit for at least 6 months.
- Complete the Impact Texas Teen Drivers Program.
- Schedule your driving test and get your license!
Step 1. Get your permit and complete all 32 classroom hours with Aceable.
You’ll want to finish your 32-hour Aceable Parent Taught Drivers Ed course before any transfers are allowed by the state of Texas. You can read about the first couple of steps for getting your permit here.
Note: Aceable now allows students to transfer to a driving school after they complete the 6-hour permit portion. Please keep in mind that you cannot transfer to a driving school if you do not have an eligible parent instructor. Why? It’s because any work done under Parent Taught Drivers Ed with an ineligible instructor is not considered valid. All of the work will have been done for nothing. If you have an ineligible instructor, the correct process would be to switch to our Instructor Taught Drivers Ed course by contacting our Customer Experience team.
Step 2. Pick your driving school and let Aceable know.
Contact Aceable when you’re with either the 6 hour permit portion or the full 32 hour course. At this time, provide us with the name and address for your driving school and allow 2-3 business days for the transfer certificate to be processed.
Step 3. We will email you a transfer certificate.
Your certificate from Aceable is proof that you have completed the 6 hour permit portion or the full 32 hours of classroom instruction with us. The final certificate also has a spot to indicate if you are transferring from Aceable to another company. That’s where we’ll put your driving school information. The 6 hour permit transfer certificate will be a separate documents with your driving school information filled out by Aceable.
Step 4. Start your driving hours with your school.
They generally just take care of the 14 hour of in-car observation with you. The rest of your hours will be done outside of class unless your school also offers the option to do the remaining 30 hours at the school.
Step 5. Practice 30 more driving hours with a licensed driver over 21.
If your driving school doesn’t offer these hours, you’ll do them outside of class. You can follow this handy guide from the state of Texas to know what you need to learn.
Step 6. Hold your permit for at least 6 months.
You are required to hold your permit for at least 6 months and be at least 16 before you can get your license. If you've already held your permit for 6 months before starting with your driving school, you do not have to restart the waiting period.
Step 7. Complete the Impact Texas Teen Drivers Program.
The Impact Texas Teen Drivers program (ITTD) is a free, two-hour video course provided online by the Texas DPS. Any student who has taken Texas Parent Taught Drivers Ed or Instructor Taught Drivers Ed and has received a Certificate of Completion from Aceable is required to complete ITTD no more than 90 days before their driving exam. ITTD is not optional.
ITTD is made up of eight 15-minute videos, totaling two hours. You can choose to watch all eight modules at one time or watch the modules separately at different times. When you complete ITTD, the DPS will email you a certificate. You must print out this certificate and present it at the DPS when you take your driving exam. If you are unable to receive your ITTD certificate through email, you can log into your ITTD account and access it there. While there is no expiration date listed on the ITTD certificate, you must take ITTD no more than 90 days before your driving exam. Therefore, if you don’t pass your driving exam within 90 days of the date on your ITTD certificate, you must take ITTD again and get a new ITTD certificate. To learn more about ITTD and take the course, click here.
Step 8. Schedule your driving test and get your license!
You can get your Texas license if you meet all of the following requirements:
- You have held your permit for at least six months.
- You are at least 16 years old.
- You have completed all 32 classroom hours of drivers ed.
- You have completed 44 hours of behind-the wheel instruction and practice.
- You have the transfer certificate from Aceable (license certificate that indicates you transferred to a driving school).
- You got the Certificate of Completion from your local driving school for your driving hours.
If you meet all of these requirements, you can schedule a driving exam at your local DPS. Please note that the DPS can book up very quickly, especially during high-volume seasons like the summer and during spring break. You should schedule your driving exam as far in advance as possible.
In some areas of Texas, you can take the DPS driving test at a local driving school authorized to do so. You do not have to be enrolled as a student with that school to take the test. If there is a driving school in your area that offers it, we recommend taking the test with them since their schedules are not as booked as the DPS offices are. Read more about it here. When you go to the DPS, don’t forget to bring all your paperwork and documents with you. Click here to see what you need to bring with you on that day.
