Driver's Ed That Runs Like a School Subject — State-Certified for Idaho Schools
Fourteen Treasure Valley schools trust Foothills with their driver education — certified instructors, real curriculum, synced schedules, and progress reports home. Because the most important class of sophomore year shouldn't be the least organized.
The Partner That Makes Driver Ed Your Easiest Program.
Districts hand us the hardest part of driver education — the logistics — and keep the credit. Foothills provides certified instructors, insured dual-control vehicles, state-compliant curriculum, and scheduling that respects bell times and sports seasons. Your office gets a roster dashboard and a single phone number; your families get a program that simply works.
- ✓Turnkey: instructors, vehicles, insurance, curriculum
- ✓Attendance and progress synced with your office
- ✓Scheduling built around bells, buses, and seasons
From First Bell to First Solo Drive
Every program meets Idaho's requirements — and our own higher bar.
Enrollment to Licensed, Semester-Style
A familiar rhythm for students who already live by a class schedule.
Enroll Through School or Here
Partner-school students sign up through their front office; everyone else enrolls right on this page. Same program either way.
Classroom Block
Thirty hours across the term — after school or summer mornings — taught live, with the state test built into the finale.
Wheel Time
Saturday and after-school drives in dual-control cars, sequenced from empty lots to the connector, with observation hours logged.
Certificate & License Prep
State paperwork filed by us, a road-test rehearsal for every student, and a graduation most families photograph.
Classroom, Car, and the Valley Between
Where eleven thousand Treasure Valley teens learned to drive properly.
Sixteen Years. Zero Training Incidents.
That number isn't luck — it's method. Instructors certified and re-certified annually, vehicles inspected on a fixed cycle, routes sequenced so no student meets a situation before they're ready for it, and a culture where any instructor can pause any lesson for any reason. Districts audit us yearly. We look forward to it.
- ✓Annual instructor certification and review
- ✓Fixed-cycle vehicle inspection, documented
- ✓Routes sequenced by earned readiness
The Term, Week by Week
Weeks 1–4: Foundations
Rules, signs, and risk in the classroom; parking-lot control and quiet streets in the car. Parents get the practice guide.
Weeks 5–8: Real Roads
Arterials, downtown grids, and the first connector merge — each unlocked as skills are demonstrated, not scheduled.
Weeks 9–11: Conditions
Night drives, weather days, and the defensive module — the habits that matter most after graduation.
Week 12: Finals
State knowledge test, road-test rehearsal, and certificates filed. The only final exam that comes with car keys.
Asked at Parent Night
My teen's school isn't a partner. Can they still enroll?
Absolutely — about a third of our students enroll directly. Same curriculum, same instructors, same certificate; the only difference is you sign up here instead of through a front office. And feel free to nudge your school about partnering.
What does the program cost?
In line with other licensed Idaho programs, with partner-school students often receiving district-subsidized rates. Payment plans split the term into monthly installments. Exact current pricing comes with your enrollment reply.
How do the 50 supervised practice hours work?
Idaho requires supervised practice alongside our training. Our weekly parent guides turn those hours into a plan — one skill per week, matched to what we just taught, so family practice reinforces instead of contradicts.
What does a district partnership include?
Everything: certified instructors, insured dual-control vehicles, curriculum, scheduling, enrollment management, and reporting. Districts provide a classroom and a bell schedule; we handle the rest, under your program's name if you prefer.
How is student progress reported to the school?
Your office gets roster-level dashboards — enrollment, attendance, completion, and certification status — refreshed weekly and exportable for state reporting. Families get individual progress notes after every session.
What about liability and insurance?
Fully carried by us: commercial auto on every training vehicle, professional liability on instruction, and certificates of insurance issued to the district annually. Your risk office will find our packet refreshingly boring.
Put Driver Ed on the Schedule.
Families: enroll below and get session dates today. Administrators: ask for the partnership packet and we'll bring coffee to the meeting.
Start With the School and the Student
Student's school and grade — or your district and role — and we'll reply within one school day.