Nearly Half of US Truck Driving Schools Don’t Comply With Federal Rules, Review Finds

The Transportation Department said the accreditation of 3,000 CDL training schools has been revoked and another 4,500 schools have received a warning.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announces actions against states for failing to enforce English language requirements for commercial drivers, during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Brian Snyder/Reuters File Photo

A Department of Transportation (DOT) review found that 44 percent of the nation’s approximately 16,000 truck driving schools may not comply with government licensure requirements and could be forced to close.

“This administration is cracking down on every link in the illegal trucking chain. Under [President] Joe Biden and [former Transportation Secretary] Pete Buttigieg, bad actors were able to game the system and let unqualified drivers flood our roadways. Their negligence endangered every family on America’s roadways, and it ends today,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a Dec. 1 statement.