Minnesota State-Approved · Online Classroom
Your 30 hours. 100% online. Start today.
Minnesota requires 30 hours of classroom driver education before a teen can earn an instruction permit. Ours is our own state-approved course — self-paced, on any device, and built around real-world driving so it actually sticks. No waitlist, no classroom seat to chase. Enroll and begin in minutes.
30-hour course — $99What the course covers
The foundation every driver builds on
The classroom hours are where good habits start — the signs, the laws, and the split-second decisions good drivers make without thinking. We teach it plainly, so it sticks and your teen walks into the Knowledge Test ready.
Signs, signals & markings
What every sign, light, and roadway marking means — and how to use them to move safely.
Minnesota laws & licensing
Permit rules, the graduated licensing steps, and exactly what the state requires at each stage.
Right-of-way
Who goes first at the four-way, the roundabout, and the flashing yellow — without the guesswork.
Sharing the road
Pedestrians, cyclists, school buses, semis — how to read what other road users are about to do.
Risk & conditions
Speed, following distance, weather, and the choices that keep small mistakes from becoming big ones.
The permit test
Built to prepare your teen for the Minnesota Knowledge Test — so they pass and move forward with confidence.
Why it matters
The classroom changes how the first years go
Driver education isn't a box to check — it's one of the strongest predictors of how a new driver's first two years on the road turn out. In the largest study of its kind, new drivers who skipped driver ed fared measurably worse:
Source: University of Nebraska–Lincoln study of ~152,000 new drivers, Accident Analysis & Prevention (2015). National research — individual results vary.
Looking ahead
Driver education may soon reach older new drivers
Today, Minnesota requires driver education only for drivers under 18 — adults 18 and older can be licensed without it. That could change: a bill proposed in the 2026 Legislature (HF 3988 / SF 4435) would extend the requirement to every new driver age 20 and under, classroom and behind-the-wheel. It has not passed — it's still in committee — but it signals where the state is heading.
Whether or not it becomes law, getting the classroom and driving hours done early makes for a safer, more confident driver — and keeps you ahead of any change.
How it works
Four steps, sign-up to permit-ready
Enroll online
Sign up and you'll create an account with immediate access to the course. Begin the same day.
Work through it at your own pace
All 30 hours are online and self-paced — at the kitchen table, on a long car ride, on weekends (up to 3 hours a day). Log in and out whenever you like.
Finish the classroom requirement
Complete the course and you'll receive a Classroom Completion Letter — your proof that Minnesota's classroom requirement for a permit is satisfied.
Enroll with a driving school
Here's the step families miss: the classroom alone doesn't let you take the permit test. You enroll with a licensed driving school (like South Metro Driving School), which enters you in the state system and issues your E-Card (Blue Card) — and that's what lets you sit the permit test. Bundle the classroom and driving from the start with our package and you're set for both.
Where this fits
Your roadmap to a Minnesota license
The classroom is step one. Here's the whole path — and why you enroll with a driving school before you can take the permit test.
30-Hour Online Classroom You're here
Minnesota's required classroom hours — self-paced and 100% online. Finish and you earn your Classroom Completion Letter.
Enroll with a driving school → E-Card (Blue Card)
The classroom alone isn't enough to take the permit test. You enroll with a licensed driving school, which enters you in the state system and issues your E-Card (Blue Card) — your ticket to the permit test.
Knowledge (Permit) Test → Instruction Permit
Take the Knowledge Test at a DVS exam station with your E-Card, then receive your instruction permit.
Behind-the-Wheel & supervised hours
Hold the permit six months (under 18), complete six hours of instruction with a driving school, plus 50 hours of supervised driving — 15 of them at night.
Road Test → Minnesota License
Pass the road test (age 16 or older) and earn your Class D provisional license.
Want the full details? See our Minnesota permit & licensing guide →
Good to know
How the online classroom works
A few quick things so you’re set up right from day one.
Self-paced, any device
Works in any browser on a phone, tablet, or computer — log in and out whenever you like. Tip: use a personal email and a regular computer or phone. School Chromebooks and networks often block the videos, and school email can block the sign-up message.
Up to 3 lessons a day
Minnesota’s max is three lessons per day, so you could finish in as few as 10 days — most take a few weeks. You have up to 90 days to complete (a state & course rule).
Quick identity checks
Minnesota requires it: you choose 10 security questions at sign-up, then answer a couple at random during the course (60 seconds, two tries). Remember your answers and stay at your screen — a missed check means a 24-hour lockout the state won’t let us lift.
Help when you need it
Questions about the course or a technical issue? Call the support line directly at (262) 701-9282.
Start the 30-hour course today
Enroll now and your teen can begin in minutes. Already enrolled? Log in and pick up right where you left off.
Questions about the online course itself? Call (262) 701-9282.