On August 1, 2025, a new state law will take effect, increasing Learner’s License requirements so that 14 to 18-year-olds must take a 6-hour Driver Education Traffic Safety (DETS) course before receiving their Learner’s License.
POLK COUNTY, Fla. –Florida teens will face a new requirement to get their Learner’s License (and eventually a driver’s license) when a new state law takes effect in just days. On August 1, 2025, teens younger than 18 will be required to take the new 6-hour Driver Education Traffic Safety (DETS) course through an approved provider. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has named its providers online, at https://www.flhsmv.gov/driver-licenses-id-cards/education-courses/driver-improvement-schools/driver-education-traffic-safety-dets/, which are:
- American Safety Council
- American Safety Institute, Inc.
- National Highway Safety Administration
- $15 DETS by NiSE Company
If teens under 18 have completed the former requirement, the Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education (TLSAE) course prior to August 1, they will NOT be required to take the new DETS course to secure their Learner’s License.
“I hope the process through which these young drivers get their learner’s permit, and eventually their driver’s license, is as stress free and frustration free as possible,” Tax Collector Joe G. Tedder said, “so I want their families to have as much information on this as they can.
“We will keep communicating what we know as the State alerts us to their new procedures on this law that we must implement. People can also go online to www.PolkTaxes.com and read up on the latest details we have there,” he continued.
