The Idaho Online driver education course:
simple steps for getting started and getting your license!

1. Contact one of the local Idaho private driving school found on my Home page

• Call a few driving schools closest to you to compare prices and schedules.
  
• Register and pay your selected driving school. 
• The driving school will provide me with the student's valid email address thety will use for the online course and I will send them the link to get started!
• Your driving school will set up your driving schedule and work directly with you to get that done.

2. Purchase a driver education permit

• Must be purchased before any instruction can take place.
• Permits are available at your local Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
• Students must be at least 14-1/2 years old and enrolled in school.
• Bring a V.O.C. (verification of compliance) form from your school. Contact a school counselor for that.
• Bring your original social security card.
• Bring your original birth certificate.
• Bring a photo or school I.D.
• Tell the DMV the name of the private driving school you will be driving with.

3. Complete the online course, six (6) hours of in-car instruction and six (6) hours of in-car observation

• Idaho Online Driver Education will contact the private driving school when you finish the online course. 
• You will drive for six (6) hours and observe another driver for six (6) hours. The 6 hours of observation might be able to be done by watching a parent/guardian.
• You must earn a grade of at least 80% in the classroom and car AND demonstrate a positive attitude to pass the course.

4. Complete 50 hours of additional supervised driving with an adult

• (If you are older than 17 when you complete driver education, this is not required.)
• Ten (10) of the fifty (50) supervised driving hours must be at night.
• The 50 hours of supervised driving must occur over a period of at least six (6) months.
• ​A licensed adult must be in the front passenger seat during supervised driving practice.

5. Take the state's written and skills tests

• Once the supervised driving is completed you can contact a local skills tester to arrange for a driving test.
• Find a skills tester HERE!
• ​Visit your DMV again with the sealed envelope your skills tester will give you and take the written knowledge test.
• Once you pass both tests you can get your full driver's license at the DMV.