Renewing your learners permit.

One of my best friends is 22 years old and still doesn’t drive. I’ve offered to teach him but he’s terrified of my car (with good reason, it IS falling apart). His grandmother told him that she’d be willing to teach him so long as he had a valid learners permit.

Here’s the problem.

He’s gotten his learners permit twice. And it’s expired both times. He insists that this means that he cannot renew it again. I was unable to find anything on the AZ DOT/Maricopa County websites that relates to this scenario. A phone call into the DMV turned up a 20 min wait and subsequent hanging up and cursing under my breath.
Does anyone know who this two strikes and your out rule works with Arizona Drivers Licenses?

Post that goes bump in the night.

He cannot automatically renew it. He has to start the process all over again and retake the written exam. It works about the same in most states.