Apparating on Hogwarts grounds

[Julie Stahlhut]

No: HPFGUIDX 43973

I don't really see anything that says it's impossible to learn to 
apparate on Hogwarts grounds, or that Hogwarts couldn't 
possibly offer any instruction in that art.  I've always interpreted 
the text to mean that only *unauthorized* apparation was 
forbidden (presumably prevented by charms).  As an analogy, a 
high school may offer a driver's education class but not permit 
students to drive or park a car on the grounds just because 
they're licensed; the school might have regulations that, for 
example, only seniors could do so, even if some sophomores 
and juniors are old enough to get a license.

Also, I assumed that the test that permitted one to apparate at 
will was not administered at Hogwarts.  Again, in the U.S. you 
normally take your driver's test at a state department of motor 
vehicles office; do similar offices of a local or national agency 
administer this test in Britain?  If so, that kind of analogy in the 
wiz-world would make sense too.

Julie