Court-Ordered Classes for Bexar County Residents — Online

How does an online class work for a Bexar County order?

You attend live over Zoom at a scheduled time, with an instructor, from wherever you are. There is no self-paced video and no drive to a classroom, which is the part that matters when the class is in San Antonio and you are not.

What you finish with is a state Certificate of Completion issued under our license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. That certificate is not county-specific: it is the same document whether your case is in Bexar County or anywhere else in Texas, because the license behind it is a state license.

Confirm the program name with your court or supervising officer before you enroll anywhere. Only the court or your officer can decide whether a given program satisfies your order. We will read the program name off your paperwork and tell you which class it points at, but we cannot make that decision for your court.

Which Bexar County courts order these classes?

These are the Bexar County courts that hear the cases these classes follow from. They sit in San Antonio, and your order names the one your case is in.

• Bexar County Courts-at-Law Nos. 1–15, thirteen of which hear misdemeanor criminal cases
• Bexar County Criminal District Courts, 144th through 437th (felony cases)

Who supervises probation in Bexar County?

Community supervision in Bexar County runs through the department below. If your order came with a supervising officer, that officer works here, and they are the person to confirm the program name with.

Bexar County CSCD publishes no certificate-submission process on its department page, its form center or its programs page. Send your certificate to your supervising officer and confirm with them how it should reach the court, and by what date.

What is specific to Bexar County?

The statutes are the same in all 254 counties. What varies is what a given courthouse and probation department do with the discretion those statutes hand them, so each point below carries the source it was read off.

• Bexar County runs a DWI Court for people already on probation for a subsequent DWI offense who live in the county and carry a moderate or severe alcohol use disorder diagnosis; it uses small officer caseloads and a low program fee that takes the place of fines, court costs and probation fees. bexar.org
• During FY23, 1,309 probationers were referred to the county’s DWI Victim Impact Panel, run live and virtually, where victims of drunk driving describe how the crime affected them. bexar.org
• Ignition interlock is one of the release conditions Bexar County Pretrial Services supervises from its office at 222 South Comal; the office takes payment in person by money order, cashier’s check or cash, or online. bexar.org

Which class does your Bexar County order name?

These are the three programs Texas criminal courts order by name most often. Your order names one of them, or a program on the full list below it.

• DWI Education12 hours · $75
• DWI Intervention (Repeat Offender)32 hours · $225
• Drug Offender Education Program15 hours · $85

Every class we run — anger management, family violence, the victim impact panel, and the alcohol program for minors are all on that page, and each one names the requirement it clears.

Bexar County questions

Do I have to take the class in San Antonio if my case is in Bexar County?

No. The class runs live over Zoom with an instructor at a scheduled time, so it does not require a trip to Comal Street or to a classroom across San Antonio. What does require attention is the program name on your order — confirm it with the court or your supervising officer before you pay anyone.

Is Bexar County DWI Court open to a first DWI?

The county’s published eligibility is people on probation for a subsequent DWI offense, aged 18 or older, living in Bexar County, with a diagnosis of moderate or severe alcohol use disorder. A current or pending violent offense or felony charge makes someone ineligible. The court decides admission, so ask it rather than reading a list as an answer.

Does the Bexar County DWI Victim Impact Panel count as the DWI class?

No — they are separate requirements. The panel is a session where victims of drunk driving speak, and 1,309 probationers were referred to it in FY23. DWI Education is a 12-hour licensed class with its own certificate. If your order names both, doing one leaves the other outstanding.

Not sure which class your Bexar County order names?

Send us the order. We read program names off Texas court orders every day, and we will tell you which class yours points at, how long it runs and what it costs before any money changes hands. If it names a program we do not teach, we will say that too.

Call 877-635-4498 with the order in front of you, or text us a photo of it.