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CDL — Commercial Driver's License in Virginia
Virginia DMV
📋 Exam facts
Real Virginia exam administration — from the official source
- Practice questions (this site)
- 1281
- Testing agency
- Virginia DMV
- Real written-test languages
- English · Spanish · Chinese · Korean · Vietnamese · Russian · Arabic · Farsi · Amharic · French · Japanese · Punjabi · Urdu · Nepali · Pashto · Dari · Turkish · Twi · Thai · Kurdish · Mongolian · Italian · German · Haitian Creole · American Sign Language
- To pass
- 80% (General Knowledge section 24/30)
- Fee
- No separate test fee; CLP $3, CDL $64 (8-yr)
- Retake policy
- One exam per business day; 18+ no wait & no fee; under-18 wait 15 days; after 3 fails must complete approved training
- Languages note
- ~25 languages for the CDL knowledge exam; the HAZMAT knowledge exam is English only.
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🚌 School Bus (S) — additional Virginia 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
- Virginia Department of Education (8VAC20-70; Code § 22.1-178)
- State credential
- Virginia requires a CDL with school-bus and passenger endorsements plus state school-bus driver training under Board of Education regulation 8VAC20-70; drivers must submit a School Bus Driver's Application For Physician's Certificate.
- Initial training
- 7 hours minimum
- Renewal / in-service
- Drivers must remain physically qualified (physician's certificate); local training instructors must attend a recertification course every five years.
- Other prerequisites
- For persons who already hold a CDL: a minimum of 4 hours of classroom training and 3 hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus with no pupils aboard, under the direct on-board supervision of a designated trainer; be at least 18 by the first day of the school year; and be physically qualified.
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).