Skip the Trip

Please note: After passing the knowledge test, you will need to come in to a service center to be issued your permit. Schedule an appointment

Skip the Trip

Skip the Trip allows students to take the web-based knowledge test that is required to obtain a driver’s instruction permit at a participating schools or agency instead of making the trip to an Iowa DOT or local county treasurer’s office to complete the test. This allows students to take the test in a familiar and comfortable environment and saves parents and students time away from work or school by potentially reducing the number of trips to the Iowa DOT or local county treasurer’s office. Only students enrolled with a participating school or agency are eligible to take the knowledge test.

Students who pass the knowledge test at their school will be sent an email verifying their passing results which can be taken to any county or state location in Iowa that issues driver’s licenses along with other required documentation to prove their identity. Build a customized list of the required documents necessary to receive your instruction permit.

Currently the schools and agencies listed below are offering Skip the Trip testing. If your school is interested in participating in the Skip the Trip program please email SkipTheTrip.Support@iowadot.us.

Skip the trip at home

Students can also take the web-based knowledge test that is required to obtain a driver’s instruction permit in the comfort of their own home. Your school does not need to participate in the skip the trip program to be able to do the home option. A parent will be required to administer the test and the student will need an electronic device (not a phone or tablet) connected to the Internet.

To apply to take the test at home, the child must be within 30 days of their 14th birthday and younger than 18. First, the parent will need to complete and submit the Application to Proctor Knowledge Exam form. Upon approval of the application, the parent and student will receive an email with instructions for taking and administering the test. The link sent in the email will expire after 72 hours. If it expires, you will need to fill out the application to apply again. After the test is completed, the student will receive an email with the test results and instructions.

Please allow 7-14 days to process your application.

School name	City
Anamosa Community Schools	Anamosa
Eastern Allamakee Community School District	Lansing
Easton Valley High School	Preston
Eldora-New Providence CSD	Eldora
English Valleys CSD	North English
Fairfield High School	Fairfield
Humboldt Middle School	Humboldt
Mount Ayr Community School District	Mount Ayr
North Scott High School	Eldridge
Norwalk High School	Norwalk
Ottumwa High School	Ottumwa
St. Ansgar Community Schools	St. Ansgar
West Fork School District	Sheffield
Chariton Community School District	Chariton
Belmond-Klemme CSD	Belmond
Iowa Homeless Youth Center	Des Moines
Dallas Center Grimes	Grimes
Adair Casey Community	Adair
AGWSR	Ackley
Albia High School	Albia
Aplington-Parkersburg Middle School	Aplington
Bellevue Community School District	Bellevue
Berg Middle School (Newton Community Schools)	Newton
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malson Jr-Sr High School	Brooklyn
CAM Community School District	Anita
Centerville High School	Centerville
Central City High School	Central City
Charter Oak-Ute Community School District	Charter Oak
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows	Clarion
Colo-Nesco Community School	Colo
Creston Middle School	Creston
Denison Job Corps	Denison
Drive with Cops	Urbandale
Safer Driving Solutions	Richland
Durant High School	Durant
East High School	Des Moines
East Union Community School District	Afton
Essex Community School	Essex
Fairfield Middle	Fairfield
Forest City High School	Forest City
Fort Dodge Community School	Fort Dodge
Greene County High School	Jefferson
Hampton-Dumont High	Hampton
Indianola High School	Indianola
Keokuk High School	Keokuk
Knoxville Middle School	Knoxville
Lynnville-Sully High School	Sully
Melcher-Dallas High School	Melcher-Dallas
Meskwaki Settlement Schools	Toledo
Mid-Prairie Middle School	Kalona
MOC-Floyd Valley	Orange City
Montezuma High School	Montezuma
Moulton-Udell High School	Moulton
Nashua-Plainfield Schools	Nashua
Newton Senior High	Newton
North Butler School District	Greene
North Mahaska Jr-Sr High School	New Sharon
North Polk Middle School	Alleman
North Tama Schools	Traer
Ottumwa Job Corps.	Ottumwa
Pella Christian	Pella
Pella Community	Pella
Pleasantville Community School District	Pleasantville
Postville Community School District	Postville
Roland Story Middle School	Roland
Saint Malachy School	Creston
Scavo High School	Des Moines
Seton Catholic High School	Farley
Tri-Center Schools	Neola
Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School	Twin Cedars
Urbandale High School	Urbandale
Union Schools	La Porte City
Waukon Community Schools	Waukon
West Hancock Community Schools	Britt
Wilton Community School District	Wilton
Woodbury Central High School	Moville
Boyer-Valley	Dunlap
Cardinal Community School District	Eldon
Central Lee High School	Donnellson
Central Springs High School	Manly
Denver High School	Denver
Drive Quest LLC	Ottumwa
Driven School of Driving	Sioux Center
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont CSD	Eddyville
Hawkeye Community College	Waterloo
Iowa Falls - Alden High School	Iowa Falls
Iowa School for the Deaf	Council Bluffs
Keota High School	Keota
Lawton-Bronson CSD	Lawton
Metro High School	Cedar Rapids
Midland Middle/High School	Wyoming
Monticello High School	Monticello
Moulton-Udell High School	Moulton
Payton-Churdan CSD	Churdan
Pekin Community High School	Packwood
PCM Community School District	Monroe
Sigourney Jr./Sr. High School	Sigourney
Sumner-Fredricksburg	Sumner
Vocational Rehab	Des Moines/Ottumwa/Council Bluffs
Waukee Timberline School	Waukee
Waverly Shell-Rock High School	Waverly
Waverly Shell-Rock Lied Center	Waverly
Zion Lutheran School	Denison
Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines
Edgewood-Colesburg Jr Sr High	Edgewood
Davenport West High School	Davenport
Waterloo Community School District	Waterloo
West Delaware County Community School District	Manchester
Ar-We-Va Community School	Westside
Council Bluffs Community School District	Council Bluffs
Elkhorn Kimballton	Elkhorn
Mid-Prairie High School	Wellman
Training Wheels Driver Education	Knoxville
Transition Alliance Program	Cedar Falls
Tri-County High School	Thornburg
Perry Community Schools	Perry
WACO Community School District	Wayland
Beckman Catholic High School	Dyersville
Thomas Jefferson High School	Cedar Rapids
Washington High School	Cedar Rapids
St. Vincent de Paul	Des Moines
MidCity High School	Davenport
Davenport North High School	Davenport
Davenport Central High School	Davenport
Moravia High School	Moravia
Clarksville Community School District	Clarksville
Dubuque Community School District	Dubuque
Diagonal Community School	Diagonal

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