Driver Education

The Mission of Driver Education:

Driver education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices to ensure personal safety to self and others on the road. 

To Accomplish this Mission:

Driver education courses are often more comprehensive and efficient than learning on your own or from a biased family member who may or may not have “good driving habits”. Driver education courses teach everything from the basics of traffic laws and traffic signs to defensive driving strategies. Endorsed driving instructor will teach the importance of Safety in addition to modeling good driving etiquette and providing experienced instruction. Instructors reinforce best practices – such as distraction-free driving, no texting, mandatory seat belt laws, and defensive driving habits. Many professions involve driving a vehicle to/from work or on the job. For this reason, it is the goal of driver education courses to put courteous, safety conscience, competent drivers behind the wheel.  

Defintions: 
Public Secondary School and Nonpublic secondary schools: 91-5-1a. Program approval. (a) To be eligible for program approval, a school shall be accredited by the state board as a public secondary school or nonpublic secondary school.

Kansas Driver Education Advisory Board Mission Statement

The Advisory Board will assist to strengthen the State Driver Education Program by providing real world experience. The board will advise, assist, support and advocate for driver education. An advisory board is comprised of knowledgeable, prominent and credible stakeholders in their field of expertise. 

Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is offering the approved course program, the required element for the Drivers’ Education endorsement. At the completion of the program, you will submit a KSDE Form 1: added endorsement by program completion application to add the endorsement to your current Kansas teaching license. FHSU will verify that you have completed our approved Driver Education Program and forward the application to KSDE. KSDE will verify that you hold a currently valid Kansas teaching license and upon receipt of the application fee, will add the endorsement to your teaching license acknowledging that you have completed all the credentials needed to teach in a public driver education program and that KSDE allows you to do so.

For more information visit the FHSU Driver Education Endorsement Program webpage.

FHSU point of contacts:

Commercial Driving School Information

Senate Bill 215(2022) authorizes school district boards of education to contract with transportation network companies for the purpose of transporting eight or fewer people to and from school or school-related activities and transfer authority for certain postsecondary driver’s education and driver training schools to the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR).

Kansas Drivers Education Regional Meetings

More information to come about the 2026 meetings.

Reimbursement as set in regulation (for school districts)

Reimbursement as set in Regulations (For School Districts):

By statute ( K.S.A. 8-272), in August of each year, the superintendent of each school district and the governing authority of each nonpublic school shall report to the state board of education the number of students who have been in attendance for a complete driver training course during the past school year. Therefore, if a student does not complete the driver training course prior to July 31st, the school will not be able to claim that student for reimbursement purposes for that year. Students who complete the course after July 31st would be eligible to be claimed for reimbursement in the following year.

The per pupil amount for students taking driver education in 2024-2025 school year, the rate was $80 for Driver Ed and $75 for Motorcycle Ed.

American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association (ADTSEA) virtual workshop series

ADTSEA has workshops that will assist driver educators in continuing their education, improving their teaching skills, and will relate to current issues in driver education.  Workshops will be 3 - 4 hours in length and teachers/instructors can earn up to 16 Hours of Professional Development.

Please share with your teachers/instructors.

Visit ADTSEA for more information and updates. 

Driver Education Resources

Kansas Driver Safety Education Association (KDSEA)

  • All questions regarding KDSEA should be sent to Gary Scott, 913-481-1401

Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office (KTSRO)

The Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office is a program of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Safety’s State Highway Safety Office. The KTSRO works with KDOT, Kansas Highway Patrol, law enforcement agencies, Kansas Safe Kids Coalitions and other agencies and community organizations including schools and SADD groups.

For more information, visit the Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office (KTSRO).

Kansas Department of Revenue

Make a DMV Appointment. No more waiting in line.  Please share this information with your students. 

For more information visit the Kansas Department of Revenue website.

  • Click “DMV SCHEDULER & LINE SYSTEM”
  • Click “SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT” and follow the prompts

Please tell your students that if they arrive late, they will lose their appointment spot.  We don’t want anyone making a drive and then missing their appointment.

Medical Vision 

 Driver's Education Portal; KDOR_DOVDE@KS.GOV

Driver’s Education, Driver’s License –

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Graduated Driver License Requirements for Teen Drivers

Driver Education Special Needs modifications and accommodations

For more information, contact:

Licensure
(785) 296-2288