Question regarding classtimes

[iAmSam]

"You get the 10 hour class - you get the 6 hour class." That just is not gonna happen.

Don't most instructors already do that? Teach a long class for new students and a short one for renewals? I'm not saying DPS will expect applicants who paid before 9/1 to take the long class but stranger things have happened.

Seriously? It's called a bureaucracy. It doesn't have to make sense, or gain anything for them.

That's true. The requirement to have NRA instructor certification is a good example.

[jmra]

To somewhat contradict myself... on the other hand, a strict interpretation of Section 4, above, might cause a lot of applicants to be stuck in some sort of purgatory where they're still required to take a 10 hour class because they applied before 9/1, but after 9/1 they can't find an instructor still teaching the "long version". Can't imagine that's what the legislature had in mind either.

Sigh.

What exactly would DPS have to gain by digging in their heels? If there is any leeway whatsoever I doubt it would be an issue.
That being said, if it were me I would go ahead and take the class.

Seriously? It's called a bureaucracy. It doesn't have to make sense, or gain anything for them.

I agree, however most people consumed in bureaucracy are just plain lazy. The easy way out (involves the least amount of effort) is to accept the shorter class.
I bet it doesn't wind up being an issue.

[Munson]

There is no way that this is going to be an issue. Come Sept 1, everyone is going to be on the short course and they are not going to penalize individuals that signed up for it prior to that date. There is no way that we as instructors know, and EVERYONE will be teaching the short course

[tacticool]

The truth is we don't know what DPS will do until they tell us. Logic doesn't always apply to bureaucracy.

[cw3van]

They have two choices.
1. Wait for the shorter class. Hope DPS accepts it. If all goes well, join the expected September rush and delays.
2. Take the full class now, beat the rush, and get their license at least a month sooner.
I wouldn't presume to advise what's best for somebody who already did the online application.

yup think that sums it up very well.