Court-Ordered Classes for Travis County Residents — Online

How does an online class work for a Travis 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 Austin 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 Travis 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 Travis County courts order these classes?

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

• Travis County Criminal County Courts at Law Nos. 3–9 (Class A and B misdemeanors)
• Travis County Criminal District Courts — nine courts and a District Magistrate Court

Who supervises probation in Travis County?

Community supervision in Travis 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.

Travis County publishes no submission process for a completion certificate from an outside provider on either its probation or its counseling and education pages. Confirm the route with your supervision officer before your deadline, and ask whether the court wants a copy directly as well.

What is specific to Travis 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.

• Travis County’s own Counseling and Education Services has been certified by TDLR as a DWI Education provider since May 1, 1982, and runs the 12-hour class in Austin, with Spanish-language and hearing-impaired-accessible sessions and registration by phone. traviscountytx.gov
• The county documents a DWI Court program of twelve months or longer for repeat DWI offenders, presided over by County Court at Law #7 — though its page currently carries an “Expired” flag, so ask the court whether it is enrolling before counting on it. traviscountytx.gov
• Where a judge orders an ignition interlock, Travis County Pretrial Services charges a processing fee of 3% of the bond amount up to $300, plus $10 for each month the device is installed and monitored. traviscountytx.gov
• The county’s adult probation page names its leadership but not its address or phone; the state CSCD directory lists Travis County CSCD at 411 W 13th St, Suite 600, Austin, (512) 854-4600. tdcj.texas.gov

Which class does your Travis 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.

Travis County questions

Can I take a DWI class online for a Travis County order instead of at the county’s Service Center?

Ours runs live over Zoom, yes. Worth knowing either way: Travis County’s own Counseling and Education Services has been a TDLR-certified DWI Education provider since 1982 and teaches the 12-hour class in Austin, so a classroom option exists locally. Confirm the program name on your order with your officer before choosing either.

Is the Travis County DWI Court still taking participants?

We cannot tell you. The county’s page for the program — twelve months or longer, for repeat DWI offenders, presided over by County Court at Law #7 — currently displays an “Expired” flag, and nothing on the site says whether that is a stale content marker or a closed program. Ask the court directly.

What does an ignition interlock condition cost through Travis County Pretrial Services?

The county publishes a processing fee of 3% of the bond amount, capped at $300, plus $10 for every month the device is installed and monitored. That is the county’s charge for supervising the condition, separate from what the installer charges and separate from the cost of any class your order names.

Not sure which class your Travis 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.