I took driver's ed the spring semester of my sophomore year. I was 15. I turned 16 in July and got my regular license that day.
Kansas now requires driver's ed for anyone under 21. My son did his through the high school the summer he turned 15, got his regular license when he turned 16. Since then, the law has changed. My older daughter just took private driver's ed (group classroom portion, six hours one on one with a driving instructor) and she won't get her license until she's 17. She could have gotten a restricted at 16 if she'd taken driver's ed when she was 14 or 15, but she didn't have a huge interest. I wasn't paying attention to the changes in the law and didn't realize she needed to hold an instructional permit for a year before getting a restricted (with my son it was just until he did his 50 hours driving with an adult) so now she can't even drive to school until she's 17 in March. She is not happy about riding the bus. However, her brother rode it until he was a junior, so 2 years, and she'll only have to do about six months. She'll survive.
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