All Texas Parent Taught Drivers Ed Forms and Logs

Scrambling to find a form before a DPS visit? This page has every form your teen needs for our Texas PTDE course — with download links, who signs each one, and guides for filling them out correctly.

Forms for the Learner Permit

When your teen is ready to get their learner permit, bring these forms to the DPS:

How the 44 Hours Break Down (and Which Log Covers What)

Most of the confusion around PTDE paperwork comes down to one question: which log covers which hours? Texas requires 44 total hours of behind-the-wheel experience, and they split across two different documents:

The split matters because the supervisor rules differ. The 14 instruction hours must be supervised by the designated instructor named on your TDLR PTDE packet. The 30 practice hours can be supervised by any licensed adult 21 or older who has held a license for at least a year (Transportation Code 521.222) — it doesn't have to be you. So when you see references to a "14-hour log" and a "30-hour log," they're two separate documents covering two separate sets of hours, not different versions of the same form.

Our course tracks all 44 hours in the app and generates the printable log for you.

Forms for the Provisional License

After your teen holds the permit for 6 months and finishes all driving requirements, bring these forms for the license:

The DL-91B, Line by Line

The DL-91B is the log for the 14 hours of in-car instruction — 7 hours of observation and 7 hours of behind-the-wheel driving, all supervised by the designated parent instructor.

Its official status is genuinely murky, so here it is straight: the DL-91B is not listed as a required document on the DPS or TDLR provisional license pages, and it isn't mentioned in the TDLR rule (16 TAC 84.50). But the 14 hours themselves are required, and some DPS offices still ask to see the log. Having it filled out and in your folder costs you nothing and avoids a wasted trip — we recommend bringing it.

The rules that trip families up:

• Daily limits: maximum 4 hours per day of observation and instruction combined, and no more than 2 of those hours can be actual driving instruction. That math makes 4 days the minimum to finish the 14 hours.
• Who signs: the designated parent instructor — the same person named on your TDLR PTDE packet. A different relative signing "because they were in the car" is the classic problem.

The most common reasons a DL-91B causes trouble at the counter: it's signed by someone who isn't the packet's designated instructor, entries exceed the daily caps, all 14 hours are crammed into fewer than 4 days, or the observation and instruction columns are swapped.

Download the DL-91B 14-hour log (PDF) — we host a copy because the old dps.texas.gov download link no longer works.

The 30-Hour Log: Download, Rules, and a Filled-Out Example

Unlike the DL-91B, the 30-hour log is unambiguous: it's required. TDLR lists "a completed 30-hour driving log" among the documents for the provisional license appointment.

The rules:

• 30 total hours of supervised practice driving
• At least 10 hours at night — defined as 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise
• Only 2 hours per day count, which makes 15 days the mathematical minimum — there's no cramming this one
• The supervisor can be any licensed adult 21 or older who has held a license for at least a year

Who signs: you do. The TDLR rule (16 TAC 84.50(k)(3)) requires the hours to be certified by a parent or guardian, and endorsed by a parent or legal guardian for minors. Your signature is the verification — DPS does not independently audit the hours.

Here's what correctly filled-out entries look like:

The most common reasons a 30-hour log gets sent home from the DPS: the totals don't add up to 30, fewer than 10 night hours, single-day entries over 2 hours, a missing parent signature, or a date range shorter than 15 days (which mathematically can't be right).

Downloads: official TDLR 30-hour log (PDF) or our printable version. If your teen logs hours in our course, the app enforces the daily caps and night-hour minimum and prints a completed log — see Driving Logs Explained.

The PTDE Instructor Designation Form

Most families never touch this form: if a parent or legal guardian is the instructor, you don't need it. It exists for when the instructor will be someone else — a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or another eligible adult. In that case, the parent or legal guardian signs the form designating that person.

The rules that matter:

• One designated instructor per student. You can't split the 14 instruction hours between two designated instructors.
• The designee must meet the same eligibility rules as a parent instructor: licensed for at least 3 years, no DWI conviction in the past 7 years, no license suspension or revocation in the past 3 years, and fewer than 6 points on their license.
• At DPS appointments, both adults attend: the parent or legal guardian and the designated instructor, with the form in hand.

Download the PTDE Instructor Designation Form (PDF) — TDLR no longer hosts this form at its old address, so we keep a copy available.

Where the Forms Come From: The TDLR Packet

Several documents in this list trace back to one purchase: the official PTDE packet (Program Guide) from TDLR. It costs $20, is ordered online directly from TDLR, and contains the program guide and the official driving log. There's no free PDF version of the packet — it has to be purchased, and DPS asks for proof of that purchase at appointments. See our guides on how to order the packet and what's inside it.

Forms That Are No Longer Required

The PTDE program changes periodically. Some forms that were once required are now obsolete. If a website or even a DPS office asks for these, they're out of date:

Quick Reference: Permit vs License

~* Only if the instructor is not the parent or legal guardian — then it's needed at both visits. ~** Not listed as required, but recommended — some offices ask for it.

Need Help With a Specific Form?

We have detailed guides for each major form:

• DL-14B Application Guide
• VOE Form Guide
• Driving Logs Explained
• ITTD Course Guide
• How to Order the PTDE Packet