Our NMDOT Approved Correspondence Course allows students to take Drivers Education from home at their own pace. Students could earn their Permit and Provisional License through this course. Once the student is approved for our course we mail out all the course material to your physical address. Students will receive a textbook, workbook and answer sheet. To be approved for this course students must qualify. If students meet any of the following qualifiers then they can apply for our course:

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To apply for our course you must submit all documentation online at the UNM TSC website. Please click the link to apply online: https://nmtsc.unm.edu/youth-2/

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Minimum Eligibility Requirements: 

• Must be 15 years of age on or before the date the correspondence course will be completed. (Students are provided a maximum of 1 year to complete the course) 

• There is not a driver education school program offered at the student’s High School. 

• There is not a private driver education school within twenty-five (25) miles of the person’s home. 

Eligibility Exceptions (Must provide supporting documentation with any exception listed below):

Home Schooling:

Students who are home schooled may qualify if the parent or legal guardian submits with the application official verification or notification from the New Mexico Public Education Department .

Scholastic, School Associated Activity:

Students who are involved in scholastic and/or school associated activities may qualify if the parent or legal guardian submits with the application supporting documentation from the school describing the scholastic activity, including the student’s name, specific days/hours/times of the activity that demonstrate direct conflict with the days/hours/times of either a public school driver education or private driver education school program. Such documentation must be on an official letterhead and signed in ink by a school official. PLEASE NOTE: Generic form letters that do not specify the required information for the individual applying will not be accepted. Extra curriculars that are not school district associated will not qualify as an exception. (Club activities, Extracurricular activities that are not school associated, etc. will not be considered an exception)

Student Employment:

Students who are also employed while in school may qualify if the parent or legal guardian submits with the application a statement detailing the student’s place of employment, including the days/hours/times of the employment that demonstrate direct conflict with either a public school driver education or private driver education school program. 

Extenuating Circumstances:

Extenuating circumstances are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.  The following are NOT considered extenuating circumstances: 

• Students who are in a queue, or wait list for a high school drivers education class 

• The cost of private driver education fees 

• Personal preference 

Extenuating circumstances may include medical or health related issues, or parent/legal guardian employment schedules.  Submits with the application verifiable supporting documentation from physicians, health administrators, employers, etc., will be required to cite the specific circumstances and the days/times/hours that directly prevent the student from attending a high school or private driver education course. 

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