Requirements: The State of Texas requires two parts of Instructor Taught Drivers Education for students between 14 and 17. 

Classroom Instruction: Students between the ages of 14 and 17 the state of Texas requires students to complete 32 hours of Classroom Instruction, whether it be online or on site. 

- Onsite: We offer onsite classroom instruction year round. The on site classroom instruction includes 32 hours of Texas regulated drivers education. This is divided into sixteen days two hours each day. To see more about the class schedule you can see the "class schedules" tab. 
- Online: We also offer online instruction for students who would like to complete the classroom instruction at their own pace. You can see the "Online Course" tab for more information


In Car Driving Instruction: For students between the ages of 14 and 17, the state of Texas requires 7 hours of in car driving instruction and 7 hours of in car observation, for a total of 14 hours of in car instruction. We divide this into seven sessions two hours each session. Students will need to complete the classroom instruction and obtain a Texas permit before being able to continue to the in car driving instruction.

In every "Drive Time" your student will drive for one hour, and observe another student drive for one hour, accompanied by a licensed instructor in the front seat.
In addition students enrolled in Instructor Taught Drivers Education between the ages of 14 and 17 are required by state law to complete 30 hours of practice with a parent. This includes 10 hours of night driving and 20 hours of day driving.​

Payment Plan: Here at Carroll Watkins Driving School we bundle the courses together so that students get the complete drivers education experience. The total course comes to a total of 520.00, this cost includes the classroom instruction and in car driving instruction.

We offer a payment plan which divides the total cost of the full course into three separate payments. This would be 170.00 upon registration, 170.00 eight weeks after class start date, and then a final 180.00 twelve weeks after the second payment date. 
Payment Options: We accept Visa, Master Card, Check, Cash and Money Order. 



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