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CDL — Commercial Driver's License in New York
New York State DMV
📋 Exam facts
Real New York exam administration — from the official source
- Practice questions (this site)
- 1281
- Testing agency
- New York State DMV
- Real written-test languages
- English · Spanish · Chinese · Russian
- To pass
- 80% (40/50)
- Fee
- CDL application $10 (covers same-day knowledge + endorsement tests); +$5 per test not passed; road test $40
- Retake policy
- To confirm (no CDL wait period/attempt cap published; only +$5 per not-passed test)
- Languages note
- HazMat endorsement test is English only. Do not confuse with NY's 20-language car-permit test.
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🚌 School Bus (S) — additional New York requirements
Beyond the federal CDL School Bus knowledge + skills test, this state adds its own school-bus driver credential. (Practice here covers the knowledge test only.)
- Administering agency
- New York State DMV — Article 19-A
- State credential
- New York regulates school bus drivers under Article 19-A (Special Requirements for Bus Drivers); a CDL with a (P) passenger endorsement is required, plus an (S) school-bus endorsement to drive a bus designed for 15 or more passengers (excluding the driver).
- Renewal / in-service
- A qualifying medical examination every two years; carriers review each 19-A driver's record annually and file an annual 19-A compliance affidavit with the DMV.
- Other prerequisites
- Be at least 18; pass a qualifying physical (vision at least 20/40 in each eye) with pre-employment and biennial medical exams; and clear a fingerprint-based DCJS & FBI criminal history review.
Languages, fees and rules change — confirm with the official source linked for each state. 待核 / 'To confirm' = not yet confirmed from an official source (shown honestly, never guessed). The 2025 federal English-Language-Proficiency action is roadside out-of-service enforcement, not a state test-language mandate; states set their own written-test languages (Texas and Florida moved to English-only in 2026).