Driver’s license tests in Florida will be administered only in English starting Feb. 6, the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced Friday. “This change applies to all driver license classifications, including exams administered orally,” a news release said.

 

Currently, exams for most non-commercial driver classifications are offered in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. The department has updated its driver’s license testing system statewide, and language-translation services won’t be allowed for knowledge or skills examinations, the release said. The change comes as the Florida Senate has started moving forward with a proposal (SB 86) that, in part, would require law-enforcement officers to take into custody truck drivers who are determined to be undocumented immigrants and help transfer them to federal immigration officials