OH Class D driver school bonds.
$100 flat.
Before an online Class D driver training school can operate in Ohio, the ODPS Office of Driver Training requires a continuous performance bond. The bond amount is $10,000 for your first school, plus $2,000 for each additional location. Our premium for this bond type is $100 flat, and the application collects no credit information.
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No underwriting queue for the standard driver-school bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with ODPS. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount ODPS requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Most applications approve instantly; if a check ever runs, it is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with ODPS Office of Driver Training
Submit the executed bond with your driver training school license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the driver-school bond actually covers
Ohio licenses driver training schools through the ODPS Office of Driver Training under R.C. Chapter 4508. No license is issued or renewed until the school proves it carries a continuous performance bond covering the cost of refunding students for training the school doesn't deliver.
Under Ohio Administrative Code 4501-7-08, the bond or escrow is no less than $10,000 for the first school licensed by the enterprise, plus an additional $2,000 for each additional school licensed by the same enterprise. The figure scales with the number of locations you run.
The bond protects students: if your school closes or fails to provide the training a student paid for, they can recover their prepaid tuition against the bond. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — so schools that deliver what they sell treat it as a licensing formality.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount ODPS requires — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Driver-school bond, issued today.
$100 flat. Enter the amount ODPS requires and file the same day.