Driver Education

Chemeketa offers driver education courses

Year-round class times, convenient locations, driver education classes just down the road!

Certified driver education instructors.

Meets Oregon Department of Transportation requirements for driver education.

Driver education courses consist of 34 hours in the classroom plus 12 hours behind-the-wheel (drive times scheduled to fit student schedules).

By the end of the driver education course, students will need to provide documentation in a driving log that they have completed a minimum of 5 hours of behind the wheel driving with an adult. Students will be required to provide this documentation before receiving their driver education certificate of completion.

Now serving students ages 15 and older as well as adults!


Driver education course registration

Seating is limited and pre-registration is required, include the following items:

Driver education course cost

$280 (For students under the age of 18 who have a Learner's Permit.)

$490 (Adult students with an Oregon Instructional Permit or students with a license.)


Driver education course orientation

Driver education parent/student orientation will be held on the first day of class at the times noted above. Parents should plan on attending for the first hour of class on orientation night.

The above times are for the driver education classroom training only. The behind the wheel training will be completed within three weeks of the last scheduled class time.

Driver education questions

Call the Chemeketa Driver Education program at 503.584.7541 or e-mail. Stop in and speak with our staff at 306 NE Norton Lane McMinnville, Oregon for questions!