GREEN LIGHT DRIVING ACADEMY - PERMIT PROCESSING
PROCEDURES
The Texas Department
of Public Service (DPS) is the state agency that is responsible for issuing a
driver’s learner permit.
The DPS requires at
least 2 days to process a learner’s permit.
The process normally takes one week, however, in some cases, due to the
work load of the DPS (especially Fridays and Mondays), holidays or other DPS or
Green Light Driving Academy closings, it can take longer.
We must have all
documentation required for the permit (i.e. personal identification, TEA form,
Application for License (form DL14-A) and permit processing fee) on Wednesday
by office closing time. Remember, we
cannot take this information to the DPS until the student has completed the
first 6 hours (3 days) of driver education, is 15 years of age (by that Thursday)
AND has passed the written learner’s permit test given as part of the classroom
instruction.
If a student misses
any of the first 3 days of class, we cannot take the documentation to the DPS
until that class has been made up (per our make-up policy.)
The DPS will issue a
permit receipt from the documentation that is taken to them. After the receipt has been issued, Green
Light Driving Academy will complete an additional document that provides the
student permit test scores and the student eye test score. This form (DE-964) will be returned along
with the receipt to the DPS so that the learner’s permit can be issued.
You are welcome to
take the information to the DPS yourself, however, be aware that the student
will be required to take the permit test and eye test again at the DPS although
they may have already taken it at Green Light Driving Academy and passed. If you are interested in doing this, we can
still verify that the documentation that you have is correct and prepare the
DE-964 form for you. You MUST have the
DE-964 form with you along with the documentation if you are going to the DPS
on your own.
We offer this as a service
to you and your student and we hope you understand the limitations that we have
due to the DPS schedules.
If you have any
questions about this, please feel free to contact our school.
Thank you,
Tom Pennington,
President
Green Light Driving
Academy
Grapevine –
817.310.0193
Coppell –
469.549.0002