Starting Friday, Feb. 6, all driver’s license knowledge and skills exams in Florida will be administered only in English, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The ...

Dade, nearly 34,000 people signed up for appointments in February, and about 67% requested the Spanish-language exam.

Starting Feb. 6, all printed tests in multiple languages and interpreter services for oral exams will be removed throughout the state.

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The English-only requirement follows decades of debate in a region where many households speak Spanish and multilingual ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Starting Friday, Feb. 6, the Florida driver’s license exam will only be offered in English and without an interpreter. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ...

The statewide policy of offering Florida driver’s license tests only in English took effect Friday. It ends years of accommodations for speakers of other languages.

Effective February 6, 2026, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles now requires all driver's license exams to be administered exclusively in English. The policy removes all ...

PolitiFact found no conclusive, large-scale studies measuring whether people who take driving exams in a foreign language pose a higher risk on the road. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and ...

WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida politicians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning team seeks to present the true facts, unaffected by agenda or biases. In August 2025, a tractor-trailer ...