Hub City Driving School, Inc

the DRIVE TRAINERS campus, Inc.

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR

TEEN DRIVER EDUCATION CLASS

The office closes promptly at 8pm daily.
Please take care of all retesting and payment needs prior to closing time.

All business in the office must be taken care of on your off time from class or driving, not during instructional lesson times.

Students must report to class on time, and without being told to do so by teachers or office personnel (including following break times).

Students may await class times and instructors in the red chairs in the hallway area.

Student payment plans have been devised to aid the parents and students in completing their courses while still on a limited payroll timeframe.

Students on a payment plan should bring their payment coupon and check or money to the office prior to reporting to class. A receipt will be issued to them at break.
All payments are due each Monday of the first three weeks of class, unless other arrangements are made with the school director, and noted on the student files.
Students delinquent in their payment plan may be dropped from drive times until their account is up to date.

Breaks are for purchase of snacks/drinks and restroom needs only, NOT for students to hang out visiting or talking on their cell phones and then attempt to take instructional time for personal hygiene needs.

All breaks must be taken ON campus, and in our hallway or classroom, rather than outside.
No students may leave campus until class is over.

The DTC is strictly adhering to the NO OUTSIDE FOOD policy in the classroom.

Vending machines are available on campus for food and drink for the students.
Full meals must be eaten prior to classroom or drive times.

The following expectations for student dress have been established for DTC to promote a safe and optimum learning environment. Apparel or appearance that tends to draw attention to an individual rather than to a learning situation must be avoided. The judgment of the director/owner shall prevail. The following standards will be observed:

Pants must be worn at the waist. No sagging allowed.
Shirts, blouses, and dresses must completely cover the abdomen, with no midriff visible. No low-cut tops allowed.
Head apparel, except for religious or medical purposes, must not be worn inside the school building (or vehicle when driving).
Footwear is required and must be safe and appropriate. Flip- flops and shower-type shoes are examples of inappropriate footwear in class and driving lessons will not be conducted when wearing these shoes.
Clothing and accessories such as backpacks, patches, jewelry, and notebooks must not display (1) racial or ethnic slurs/symbols, (2) gang affiliations, (3) vulgar, subversive, or sexually suggestive language or images; nor should they promote products which students may not legally buy, such as alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs.
Skirts, dresses, and shorts must be at least fingertip length.
Prohibited items include large, long and/or heavy chains, (2) studded or chained accessories, (3) sunglasses, except for health purposes, (4) sleepwear, and (5) skin-tight outer materials such as spandex.

Any student not attired in accordance with the policy shall be subject to the following consequences: √Being sent home and losing credit for that class day.

√ Being sent home and missing driving lesson resulting in a $30 missed drive fee.

ALL portions of the Driver Education program MUST be completed within 6 months of the first day of class, or all coursework will be invalid and require re-enrollment and course completion again.

Upon completion of all classroom and driving times, students will need to pick up their completed forms and certificates at least 48 hours following the last instruction day.

All students on the DT campusmust adhere to the laws of the state of Texas:

No tobacco or alcohol products allowed for minors.

No driving alone while licensed on a learner’s permit.

No driving with more than one unrelated person with them under 21 yrs old.

No driving after Midnight, and before 5am.

No driving which does not adhere to Texas Roadway Rules and Signs.

When you go to the DPS to get your Instruction Permit issued, or if you miss our DPS testing session at the DTC,

You must take:

Parent or Guardian

Original Social Security Card

State Issued Birth Certificate

A current VOE (TEA Verification of Enrollment) form

(Valid for 30 days in fall and spring, 90 days in summer months)

Completed DL-14A

Check or cash for $16

DE 964 Green form issued by DTC

CLASSROOM Phase

Students must be present 55 of a 60 minute instructional hour to be considered present by Texas Education Agency law. Students who arrive late will NOT be admitted to class.
Students who are tardy will be asked to make up time for lessons in increments of one hour on regularly scheduled makeup days.
Breaks will be held 5-10 minutes each class day, according to the discretion of the instructor.
Student may miss no more than 5 class sessions, or a total of 10 hours of instruction.
Students who miss a class must make up the lesson or the hour missed.
Students must make arrangements for a take home lesson packet (days 1-3) or a makeup lesson time following their absence.
Available make-up days are posted on the website, and in the teen dr.ed. classroom for each month.
All makeup lesson options are arranged and scheduled by the student in the office. The cost of makeup Saturdays is $5 per lesson per student.
The student has 120 days to complete all classroom and driving sessions.
Students must bring a pen/pencil, note taking paper, and their Texas Driver’s Handbook to class with them daily.
Students must attain a passing gradeon all class tests to pass the classroom phase of the course.
Students must make a 70% or above on each test to be considered passing.
Grades below a 70 require students to come to the office within 5 class days to retake the test for a passing grade. The test may only be taken while the office is open, and should begin 30 minutes prior to office closure.
If more that 5 days lapse, students must make up the entire class and retake the test.
Students will be removed from class for not giving full attention to whatever activity the instructor is presenting. Re-admission will require a school director, parent, and student conference.
Students may NOT have electronic devices, including cell phones or ipods or MP3 players, etcon their person during ANY class hours (in the classroom or in the car). All devices must be left in the Cell Phone Drop areas provided. If any device is not given up by the student, this shall constitute automatic dismissal of the student from the program and the device claimed by the parent.
A student marking on books, desks, or walls or a student damaging any equipment, facility or vehicle on the premises will be immediately dismissed from the Driver Education Program.
All students need to be picked up by a parent or family member, immediately following class.
No office or instructional personnel is available after class for waiting for a student who is repeatedly calling for a ride. Instructors can not be expected to stay, unpaid, awaiting student pickup after class.
Students will be tested by the Drive Trainers campus for their permit as scheduled on the fourth day of class. The DPS official paperwork will be presented for application on the second day of class. All paperwork must be complete, or the testing process may not occur for individual students. All Permits will be issued by TX DPS, following the DTC testing session. Within 5 days of testing, students must go to the TX DPS to receive their permit, and present a copy of the issued permit to DTC offices.
Students will need to be on time to the testing session
Students must be wearing their glasses or contacts to be tested (as applicable). Students who do not pass their vision test may be required to go to the DPS office to complete their permit testing process.
Students not passing the permit test at DTC will be required to go to the DPS to retest.

DRIVING Phase

Students must be used their permit from the DPS, and provide a copy of that permit to DTC to receive instruction sheets for All permits must be signed to be valid. Do not mistake the DPS receipt for the permit to drive.
Drive Times consist of one hour of Behind the Wheel practice, and one hour of Observation of another student during their Behind the wheel practice.
7 drive times are required to complete the TEA course.
The first driving time should be scheduled as soon as possible during the classroom phase so that driving and classroom training remain concurrent.
To schedule future driving times, students or parents may log on to to make selections or deletions of their drive times.
DO NOT SCHEDULE A DRIVE TIME DURING YOUR CLASSROOM TIME, OR A $30 MISSED DRIVE FEE WILL APPLY.
DO NOT SCHEDULE MORE THAN THREE DRIVE TIMES IN A WEEK, unless approved previously with the school director. ALL DRIVE TIMES MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE HOME PRACTICE DAY IN BETWEEN THEM.
Students and parents may NOT schedule drive times over the phone, but may come in to the office to use one of the wireless laptops to access the internet to schedule drive times as needed.
Students may cancel drive times by phone, by leaving a message, at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled drive time, or may access the website to cancel their drives at least 24 hours in advance of the time to avoid a $30 re-drive fee assessed to their account.
Students delinquent in their payment plan, including Non-Show fees, may be dropped from drive times until their account is made current.
Students must be at DTC at least 5 minutes before scheduled drive times. INSTRUCTORS LEAVE AT THE SCHEDULED TIME WITH OR WITHOUT YOU.
All restrictions on your driving permit must be adhered to in order to participate in your scheduled drive time.
Students may NOT have ANY electronic devices on THEIR PERSONin the car.
Students may NOT sleep during laboratory observation hours.
Students must all be buckled up when the car is in motion.
Students must all be wearing appropriate outdoor footgear for their drive times.
All students driving MUST have their instructional learners permit with them in order to complete their scheduled drive times.

Observation hours do not require a student to be carrying their permit.

All students awaiting their drive time will wait for their name to be called by their assigned instructor in the hallway in one of the red chairs. If they are not awaiting the drive teachers, students may be left, and a $30 NO Show fee will apply.
Parents and students must complete the Texas law requirements of 20/10 driving practice—that is 20 hours of driving practice, 10 which must be at night.

A Home Driving Practice Log is provided to log the time that the students and parents participate in practice outside of the 7 BTW lessons with DTC instructors.
Students who are not proficient after 7 driving lessons will not receive a certificate allowing them to obtain their license. Extra lessons may be requested for a fee of $30

each.

MISSED DRIVES: $30 charge per scheduled time.

YOU are charged a MISSED DRIVE if:

You do not show up to drive on time

You show up to drive without your permit

You show up to drive with an expired permit

You show up to drive without your contacts/glasses

You do not cancel a driving time at least 24 hours before you are scheduled to drive.

You are sent home due to inappropriate behavior or dress and miss your drive time.

Future drive times will be cancelled until fee is paid.

Fees must be paid within 5 days.