I have a licensing question that I can't find the answer to...

Well you can go to school anywhere but you would have to pass your current states CDL testing in order to be licensed in said state. You do have to prove residency.

 

Better ask the school and dmv.

 

I went to Truck Driving School in Indiana and used the school's address as proof of residency and then got Indiana CDL and then had to transfer back to home state after passed test and finished school. If you attend school out of state they have residency set up for the students to get CDL in that state and then transfer back to your home state.

 

This post may shed some light on what you need to know.

Attending out of State Schools and getting your CDL's

Also realize that some states, such as Illinois, have very tight restriction on testing. I don't believe they will transfer a CDL from any other state, without retesting everything (like you never had a CDL).

 

Ill is the only state that doesn't transfer because they have had so much fraud in there own state from licenses being sold that they are distrusting of everyone.

 

Most probably yes you will. When I started off driving, I went to the CR England school in UT and they arranged for me to get my CDL there, even though i lived in FL at the time. Once I completed the course I switched to my FL CDL.
good luck

 

Your right Illinois doesn't... I found that out the hard way a few years ago when I was lied to by the recruiter at a 'Training Company" in Springfield, Missouri... I bet that's a stumper to figure out what company that is..... I guess a little blame on myself but back then never would have thought that a company that's getting ready to hire me would lie to me... Fast forward a few years and boy you learn a lot about this business...

 

What he said!