Who is eligible for a School Permit at DCG?

  • Complete an Iowa-approved driver education course.
  • Hold an instructional permit and a clean driving record for at least six consecutive months immediately before applying for your minor school license.

 

Instructions for obtaining a School Permit:

 

What can I do with this license?

This license allows you to drive without adult supervision within the hour before and after the beginning and end of the student’s classes, and extracurricular activities for the following purposes:

  • Drive up to 25 miles from home to school(s) of enrollment or school-sponsored activities, or location where the student receives competent private instruction or independent private instruction using the most direct route and accessible route. Activities must be at the school(s) the student is enrolled in.
  • Drive to participate in extracurricular activities. Activities must be within 25 miles or less.
  • Drive to and from your home to the closest school bus stop.
  • Stop for fuel while on route or at the closest filling station off route.

 

What can I not do with this license?

  • Use a cell phone, smartphone, tablet, or other electronic communication or entertainment device while driving.
  • You are not allowed to carry more than one minor passenger who is not a relative when driving without adult supervision. A relative includes your brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, or any other minor living in your household.
  • The license holder cannot drop off or pick up passengers at any location other than their school of enrollment for classes or school-sponsored activities.
  • Drive to participate in extracurricular activities if the activities are not at a location within a 25-mile driving distance.
  • Carry more passengers than the number of seat belts in your vehicle, even when driving with adult supervision.
  • Drive a commercial motor vehicle, a vehicle with more than two axles, a vehicle towing another vehicle, or a motorcycle (unless you have motorcycle privileges).
  • Drop off a sibling at a location other than your own school of enrollment.
  • Drive to a school or school activity as a spectator at a school where you are not enrolled.