# Commercial Driver's License Upgrade from Class B to Class A
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2019-03-06 · Effective 2019-05-06 · 84 FR 8029
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-04044
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 8029
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 380
- **Publication date:** 2019-03-06
- **Effective date:** 2019-05-06
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0371
## Abstract

FMCSA amends the entry-level driver training (ELDT) regulations published on December 8, 2016, titled "Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators" (ELDT final rule), by adopting a new Class A CDL theory instruction upgrade curriculum to reduce the training time and costs incurred by Class B commercial driver's license (CDL) holders upgrading to a Class A CDL. This final rule does not change the regulatory text proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). The Agency believes that this modest change in the Class A theory training requirements for Class B CDL holders upgrading to a Class A CDL maintains the same level of safety established by the ELDT final rule, and the regulatory burden reduction will result in annualized cost savings of $18 million.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/03/06/2019-04044/commercial-drivers-license-upgrade-from-class-b-to-class-a)
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