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Before you begin the process, make sure you have all the following items ready:

  • Driver License Numbers: You’ll need both the teaching parent’s and the student’s driver license numbers.

  • Proof of Course Completion: This is the student's completion certificate or final grade report as supplied by the course provider.

  • Driving Log: You must submit a completed driving log that includes:
    • What driving skills were practiced on each session
    • Any challenges the student had
    • What improvements were made over time

  • Long Drive Times: If any driving session exceeds more than 2 hours, it’s recommended to split that time into separate 1-hour entries. This helps ensure that detailed notes are provided for each part of the drive.

  • No Driving Log? If you don’t have a clear or readable copy of your log to upload, you can fill one out during the online submission process.

  • Using the Road Ready App? Be aware that the app rounds up driving time. Parents should carefully review the log to confirm that the student has actually completed the full 30 hours of driving, including at least 3 hours of nighttime driving.
By continuing I agree that I am willing to complete a digital version of the document(s) and that information about my user session will be stored.

Parent Taught Driver’s Ed Form


Are you the student’s parent/legal guardian?

  • Parent is a father or mother of a child, whether by birth or adoption
  • Guardian is a person who is not the parent of a child, but who has been appointed by a court having jurisdiction over the child, to have a permanent self-sustaining relationship with the child and to make important decisions which have a permanent effect on the life and development of that child and to promote the general welfare of that child. A guardian may be a court. “Guardian” does not mean conservator.
  • Legal Custodian is a stepparent or a relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity to a child who has assumed responsibility for that child, a person who has accepted a release of custody pursuant to Iowa Code 232 subchapter IV, or a person appointed by a court or juvenile court having jurisdiction over a child

Sorry, we cannot accept your application.  The teaching parent must be the student’s parent/legal guardian. 

Please review the parent requirements at https://iowadot.gov/mvd/driverseducation/Parent-taught.

Please review the checklist to ensure you have everything before you get started. 

  • Teaching Parent’s Driver License Number

  • Student’s Driver License Number

  • Student completion certificate or final grade report as supplied by the course provider.

  • Copy of your completed driving log, you will also have the opportunity to complete the driving log during the online submission if you do not have a legible copy to upload.

Please make sure your driving log includes:

  • Complete date that includes the month, day, and year

  • Skills covered (be specific and detailed - view sample driving log)

  • Time each driving lesson occurred

  • Total driving time

  • Number of hours of night driving if the driving session included night driving

  • Notes on what was covered and any improvements or deficiencies that were made.

You will be required to upload the completion certificate and driving log.  (Please note: Attachments must be attached as .pdf file)

Parent Taught Driver’s Ed Form





Curriculum Acknowledgement

Please verify all curriculum requirements have been met.

 

I/We certify that:

Copies of the following documents are attached and are true and correct:
The following curriculum requirements were met:

Do you have the approved course completion certificate?

STOP! 

You must have the approved course completion certificate or grade report to proceed. Find out more about the certificate at https://iowadot.gov/mvd/driverseducation/parent-taught#Step2

Upload File(s): Please note you can upload more than one document at a time.

Click Here to Upload

Do you have a completed driving log?

Note: 30 hours of street or highway driving instruction including 3 hours night driving (sunset/sunrise) is required and needs to be reflected on your log.

Does your driving log include detailed information on skills covered for each driving log entry?

Please Note: Your application will be denied, if the skills covered is too vague and does not contain the specific driving skills covered.

STOP! 

Please update your driving log to include detailed information on the skills that were covered.  Please review a sample driving log at https://iowadot.gov/mvd/driverseducation/Parent-taught/Step-3.

Does your driving log include detailed notes on deficiencies for each driving log entry?

Please Note: Your application will be denied, if you do not include detailed notes on deficiencies identified for each driving entry..

STOP! 

Please update your driving log to include detailed notes on deficiencies for each driving log entry.  Please review a sample driving log at https://iowadot.gov/mvd/driverseducation/Parent-taught/Step-3.

Does your driving log include detailed information for improvements made during each driving log entry?

Please Note: Your application will be denied, if your do not include detailed notes on improvements made for each driving entry..

STOP! 

Please update your driving log to include detailed information for improvements made during each driving log entry.  Please review a sample driving log at https://iowadot.gov/mvd/driverseducation/Parent-taught/Step-3.

Upload File(s): Please note you can upload more than one document at a time.

Note: 30 hours of street or highway driving instruction including 3 hours night driving (sunset/sunrise) is required and needs to be reflected on your log.

Please make sure your drive log includes details on skills covered, deficiencies, and improvements made on each drive.

Click Here to Upload

Please click Next to fill out the Driving Log information.

 

Please make sure your drive log includes details on skills covered, deficiencies, and improvements made on each drive.

Driving Log

Note: 30 hours of street or highway driving instruction including 3 hours night driving (sunset/sunrise) is required and needs to be reflected on your log.


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Do you need additional logs? NOTE: 30 hrs of drive time is required, including 3 hrs of drive time after sunset or before sunrise.

Please click Next to fill out the Driving Log information.

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