How to Fill Out the Parent Taught Drivers Ed Packet

If you’re taking Texas Parent Taught Drivers Ed (PTDE) to get your permit, you’ll need to fill out the PTDE packet. If you don’t have the packet yet, request it here. Doing this informs the state that you’re taking Texas Parent Taught Drivers Ed packet, and they’ll email the forms to you (or send them by mail, if you really want them to). If you have any questions about the PTDE packet in Texas - then get in touch with us and we’ll help!

When you have the packet and you’re ready to fill it out for your visit to the DPS, follow the easy instructions in this video. We’re also hooking you up with a list of the necessary forms below.

PTDE Packet Forms

DL-90A Classroom Instruction Affidavit: Your parent instructor will complete this form. Check the box next to the “6 hours of instruction” option for Concurrent Driver’s Ed. Pro tip: Aceable’s course number is 116.
DL-91A Classroom Instruction Log: You only need to fill out the first module if you’re going to the DPS to apply for your permit. Since you shouldn’t take more than two hours of driver’s ed per day, there should be a minimum of three dates listed for Module 1.
DL-14A Application for Texas Driver License: Fill in your personal information and indicate that you’re applying for a Class C Learner License.

IMPORTANT: You and your parent should wait to sign all forms until you get to the DPS. These signatures must take place in front of a DPS employee. They either want to make sure your parent is legit or they just like watching people sign stuff.

Not in the Packet, But Also Bring:

Driver’s Ed Certificate that Aceable (or another provider) emailed to you
Verification of Enrollment: This form comes from your school. Learn all about it in this guide to the VOE. It must be signed by a school administrator (no DPS witness required for these signatures).
Identification documents: social security card, plus both a birth certificate and passport OR a US Certificate of Citizenship
Proof of Residency: Ask you parent to bring two different items that prove y’all live in Texas. These could be a deed, voter ID card, mortgage statement, and/or utility bills.

PTDE Packet FAQs

Who can be a parent instructor?

In order to be a parent instructor, you must meet all of the following requirements:

You are the student’s parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, foster parent, or legal guardian.
You must have a valid Texas driver license for the preceding three years.*
You don’t have a conviction or probated sentence of criminally negligent homicide or driving while intoxicated.
You haven’t had your driving privileges suspended, revoked, or forfeited for traffic-related violations in the past three years.
You don’t have six or more points assigned to your driver license.
You cannot be disabled due to mental illness.

*If the parent instructor has had a Texas license for less than the preceding three years, they are responsible for ordering a certified driver record from the state or country where they last had a license. The driver record should go back at least three years and the DPS will need to see the record when the student gets their permit.

What happens if I don’t have an eligible parent instructor?

Unfortunately, you cannot take Parent Taught Drivers Ed without an eligible parent instructor. If you don’t have an eligible parent instructor, contact Aceable and let us know. We can transfer you over to the Instructor Taught Drivers Ed course, which doesn’t require a parent instructor. Instead, this option requires that you receive your behind-the-wheel instruction hours at a driving school of your choice.

What is the Parent Taught Drivers Ed (PTDE) program guide packet?

The Parent Taught Drivers Ed (PTDE) program guide packet contains forms that you’ll fill out and submit to your local DPS office when you get your permit and license, and the DPS will also ask to see your PTDE packet receipt (only if you ordered the packet on or after November 14, 2016).You won’t be able to get your permit or license without the packet, so it’s important that you order and receive it from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) before starting your Aceable Parent Taught course.

How do I order the PTDE packet? When will I receive it?

You order the PTDE packet online directly from the TDLR – it will not be available at your local DPS. TDLR charges a $20 fee for the packet.

When you order the packet online, you can download it immediately after paying for it. Once you’ve gotten to the purchase confirmation page, there will be a link to download your packet. TDLR also emails you a receipt which also contains the link to download the packet right away. If you requested for TDLR to mail the packet to you, it takes about 2-3 weeks to receive it.

Do I need to get the PTDE packet before starting the course?

According to state regulations, students must order and receive the PTDE packet before starting any Parent Taught Drivers Ed coursework online. You can order the drivers ed packet Texas from the TDLR.

The DPS will not accept any coursework a student does before receiving the PTDE packet from the TDLR. ### What happens if I started the course before getting the PTDE packet?

Technically, the state doesn’t want you to start the course before you receive the packet. If you did, however, stop working on the course and take the following steps right away:

Make sure you have an eligible parent instructor before ordering the PTDE packet.
Order the PTDE packet ASAP from the TDLR.
When you receive the packet, hang on to it for three days.
After three days, let us know by emailing us at to update your Permit Certificate date. This is done to ensure that the date printed on your Permit Certificate is after the date you received the PTDE packets Texas.

How do I get another copy of the packet?

It’s easy! The Parent Taught Drivers Ed Packet comes from the TDLR.

All you have to do is look yourself up on their website. You won’t have to pay for another packet. Once you find yourself in their system, you can download your packet again!

When looking yourself up, the easiest way is to put down what you had put down for your instructor’s email address when initially ordering the packet. Can’t remember which one you used? We recommend trying all possible email addresses in your family. If nothing pulls up, please contact TDLR at 800-803-9202 for help.

Another way to look yourself up is by putting in your receipt number. This receipt number was sent to your instructor’s email address and it is not to be confused with an Aceable receipt.