Welcome to the Driving School Association of Louisiana, Inc. website. Our organization is made up of Commerical Driving Schools who currently teach the required 36 Hour Driver Education Course. Many of the members teach other safety courses and offer a variety of training options. Our association began in 1995 while meeting in New Orleans at a national association for driving schools. We have been working with our state for many years now to save lives on Louisiana 's highways. DSAL MISSION STATEMENT To help create a safer driving environment in Louisiana through a pro-active stance of driver education and any passenger safety-related issues. To create harmony among professional driving schools in Louisiana. To raise the standards of all schools and their instructors. To help and cooperate with the Office of Motor Vehicles in development and execution of its laws. Click Here: To Join Our Emailing List Click Here: Take Part in the Current Poll

Senate Bill 159    Effective July 1, 2008 Wireless Communications Law 17 Year or younger driver may not call, write, send or read a text-based communication on a public road in Louisiana, except in an emergency. This is a non-moving violation. This is a secondary action. Double the fine if in use during a crash.

Senate Bill 465     Effective January 1, 2009 Driver Education Increase Hours BTW & Other Provisions Public School: Driver Ed for Children must be 15 Years old or older to enroll Public School: Consist of eight (8) hours BTW Training Public School: Driver Ed for certain Adults, same as before (six hours BTW) Commercial: Driver Ed: Driver Ed for Children must be 15 Years old or older to enroll Commercial: Consist of eight (8) hours BTW Training Office of Motor Vehicle: Must have signed statement by parent that applicant/student had at least 35 hours BTW experience w/licensed adult driver. Office of Motor Vehicle: Must establish rules for intermediate license that allow driver to attend additional training course to become eligible for an unrestricted license if there were any violations and suspensions that would have delayed eligibility for such license. This shall include approved driver ed or prelicensing training courses regardless of any prior completion of such course, as a condition of reinstatement of license suspended. Applicant / Student: If they can show that they began attending Driver Ed prior to January 1, 2009 then they are exept from attending the 38 Hour Driver Ed Course and may continue to complete their 36 Hour Driver Ed Course in the new year.

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