The Driver's Education (DE) Process:

DE Coursework

  • Students must register and pay for DE Course

  • Students must have their vision checked at registration or during the DE Course

  • Students must successfully complete the 30 hours DE classroom instruction

DE BTW

  • Students must successfully complete 6 hours of Behind the Wheel instruction

DE Certificate

  • Upon successful completion of the DE Coursework and the DE Behind the Wheel instructions, students will receive their DE Certificate

Eligibility Certificate

  • A parent/guardian must bring the student's Driver's Education Certificate to their assigned school to receive their Driver's Eligibility Certificate

  • Driver's Eligibility Certificate expires after 30 days

  • See below "Eligibility" for understanding of what makes a student "eligible" for a North Carolina Driver's License

DMV

  • Obtain Level I Limited Learner's Permit

  • See below "Obtaining a Learner's Permit" for more detailed information of what needs to be carried to DMV

Study Resources

Listed below are some study resources provided to help in the process of getting prepared to take your NC Level 1 Learners Permit test. Please feel free to use any resources available.

Eligibility

Parents and students of the Public Schools of Robeson County eligible for driver's licenses and permits.

As of August 1, 1998, North Carolina has implemented legislation that reflects a coordinated statewide effort to motivate all students to complete high school. This legislation is a coordinated effort between the Department of Motor Vehicles, The Department of Public Instruction, the Division of Non-Public Schools, and Community College System to encourage students not to drop out of school and to maintain adequate progress towards a high school diploma or its equivalent.

The law states if a student fails to maintain adequate academic progress or drops out of school, his/her drivers license or permit will be revoked until they exhibit satisfactory academic progress, return to school, or turn 18 years of age.

In addition, the law requires a student to get a Driver's Eligibility Certificate from her/his principal (or designee) before he/she can receive any permit or license. The Driver's Eligibility Certificate can only be issued to students who are enrolled in school and making adequate progress towards a diploma or its equivalent. The certificate will be revoked when and if the student fails to maintain adequate progress and/or fails to be enrolled in school. Adequate progress is defined as passing three out of four classes on a four by four block schedule.

Students eighteen or older; students who have attained a high school diploma, a GED, or an adult high school diploma issued by a community college; and students who received his or her driver's license before December 1, 1997 are not affected by this law.

Please contact the Principal of your assigned school if you have any questions or desire further information.

Obtaining a Learner's Permit

Public Schools of Robeson County
100 Hargrave St
Lumberton, NC 28358
910-671-6000


TO: Students Completing Driver Education

FROM: Driver Education Supervisor

SUBJECT: Obtaining a Level I Limited Learner's Permit

The following items will be needed to obtain a Level I Limited Learner's Permit:

  1. Certified copy of birth certificate.

  2. Social Security Card of printout from the Social Security Administration

  3. Driver Education Certificate. (Your Driver Education Certificate is not a permit to drive!)

  4. A Driving Eligibility Certificate (effective 8/1/98). This certificate must be obtained from your school principal or his/her designee. This certificate is valid for 30 days only.

  5. An application for a permit must be signed by both the applicant and another person. That person must be the applicant's parent or guardian if the parent or guardian resides in this state and is qualified to be a supervising driver. In all other circumstances, that person must be an adult approved by D.V.

  6. Fee of $20.00 to cover cost of Level I Limited Learner's Permit.

  7. Supervising Driver: A supervising driver must be a parent of guardian of the permit holder or license holder if a parent or guardian signed the application for the permit or license. If a parent or guardian did not sign the application, the supervising driver must be the adult who signed the application. A supervising driver must be a licensed driver who can prove he/she has been licensed to drive for at least five years.

The following tests are required for a Level I Limited Learner's Permit:

  1. Written Test

  2. Sign Test

  3. Eye Test

The NC Driver License Office is located at:

301 Bypass
4650 Kahn Drive
Lumberton, NC 28358
910-618-5551

Normal hours are 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.