Louisiana written test: given by your driving school

OMV's Class E learner's permit requirements handout states the format outright: a 40 question test with a minimum score of 80 percent. That works out to 32 correct and 8 wrong answers you can afford. The number that matters most in Louisiana is that the same format applies twice over. OMV states it in the teen learner's permit handout and then again, word for word, in the handout for first time adult applicants who have never held a driver's license, so there is no shorter or easier adult version to look for. Adults are separated from teens by coursework rather than by the exam itself: a first time adult applicant must finish either 30 hours of classroom instruction plus 8 hours behind the wheel, or a 6 hour pre licensing classroom course plus 8 hours behind the wheel, before the license is issued.

Louisiana routes the exam through the licensed driver education provider rather than through a state office. OMV states that the knowledge and skills tests are administered by the driver education provider, and that only students whose secondary school program does not offer testing need to ask OMV to provide it. That single rule changes how a Louisiana applicant plans the whole process, because the provider you enroll with is also the body that will test you. Cost sits with the credential rather than the exam: OMV lists the basic Class E license fee at 32.25 dollars until age 69 and 18.75 dollars from age 70, plus a service fee of up to 6 dollars at certain field offices, and charges nothing extra to convert a Temporary Instructional Permit into a learner's permit.