Section 84.51 - Submission of Parent-Taught Course for Department Approval(a) If the curriculum and all materials meet or exceed the applicable minimum standards set forth in the Code, the department will approve the course. No more than 720 minutes of the required hours of classroom instruction delivered via multimedia may be counted.(b) Notification of approval or denial will be sent to the requesting entity. Deficiencies will be noted in cases of denial. Any substantive change in course curriculum or materials must be consistent with applicable law, department rules and the POI-DE.(c) The department will retain submitted materials according to the department's retention schedule.(d) Course identification. All parent-taught courses must display the parent-taught provider name and license number assigned by the department on the entity's website and the registration page used by the student to pay any monies, provide any personal information, and enroll.(e) A parent-taught driver education provider may accept students redirected from a website if the student is redirected to a webpage that clearly identifies the parent-taught provider and license number offering the course. This information must be visible before and during the student registration and course payment processes.16 Tex. Admin. Code § 84.51
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 12, March 24, 2017, TexReg 1410, eff. 4/1/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 10, March 9, 2018, TexReg 1432, eff. 3/15/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 24, June 15, 2018, TexReg 3875, eff. 7/1/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 35, August 28, 2020, TexReg 6079, eff. 9/1/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 21, May 26, 2023, TexReg 2711, eff. 6/1/2023; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 47, November 22, 2024, TexReg 9526, eff. 12/1/2024