People filtered in and out of the Orange County tax collector’s office on University Boulevard this week, some clutching paperwork, others reviewing study guides, as Florida’s new English-only driver’s license policy quietly took effect.
Starting Feb. 6, driver’s license exams will be administered exclusively in English, according to a press release on Jan. 30 by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Language translation services are no longer permitted for knowledge or skills examinations, and any printed exams in languages other than English will be removed from use.
Before this change was enacted, noncommercial driver’s license exams across the state were available in other languages such as Spanish, Portugues and Creole…