(625 ILCS 5/6-406) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-406)
Sec. 6-406. Required Facilities.
(a) The established place of business of each driver training school
must consist of at least the following permanent facilities:
(1) An office facility;
(2) A class room facility.
(b) The main class room facility of each driver training school must be
reasonably accessible to the main office facility of the driver training
school.
(c) All class room facilities must have adequate lighting, heating,
ventilation, and must comply with all state, and local laws relating to
public health, safety and sanitation.
(d) The main office facility and branch office facility of each driver
training school must contain sufficient space, equipment, records and
personnel to carry on the business of the driver training school. The main
office facility must be specifically devoted to driver training school
business.
(e) A driver training school which as an established place of business
and a main office facility, may operate a branch office or a branch class
room provided that all the requirements for the main office or main class
room are met and that such branch office bears the same name and is
operated as a part of the same business entity as the main office facility.
(f) No driver training school may share any main or branch facility or
facilities with any other driver training school.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-407)
Sec. 6-407. Locations and State Facilities. No office or place of business of a driver training school shall be
established within 1,500 feet of any building used as an office by any
department of the Secretary of State having to do with the administration
of any laws relating to motor vehicles, nor may any driving school solicit
or advertise for business within 1,500 feet of any building used as an
office by the Secretary of State having to do with the administration of
any laws relating to motor vehicles.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-408)
Sec. 6-408. Records. All driver training schools licensed by the Secretary of State must
maintain a permanent record of instructions given to each student. The
record must contain the name of the school and the name of the student, the
number of all licenses or permits held by the student, the type and date of
instruction given, whether class room or behind the wheel, and the
signature of the instructor.
All permanent student instruction records must be kept on file in the
main office of each driver training school for a period of 3 calendar years
after the student has ceased taking instruction at or with the school.
The records should show the fees and charges of the school and also the
record should show the course content and instructions given to each
student.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-408.5)
Sec. 6-408.5. Courses for students or high school dropouts; limitation.
(a) No driver training school
or driving training instructor licensed under this Act may request a
certificate of completion from the Secretary of State as provided in Section
6-411 for any person who is enrolled as a
student in any public or non-public secondary school at the time such
instruction is to be provided, or who was so enrolled during the semester last
ended if that instruction is to be provided between semesters or during the
summer after the regular school term ends, unless that student has received a
passing grade in at least 8 courses during the 2 semesters last ending prior to
requesting a certificate of completion from the Secretary of State for the
student.
(b) No driver training school or driving training instructor licensed under
this Act may request a certificate of completion from the Secretary of State as
provided in Section 6-411 for any person who has dropped out of school and has
not yet attained the age of 18 years unless the driver training school or
driving training instructor has: 1) obtained written documentation verifying
the
dropout's enrollment in a high school equivalency testing or alternative education program or has obtained
a copy of the dropout's State of Illinois High School Diploma; 2) obtained verification that the
student prior to dropping out had received a passing grade in at least 8
courses during the 2 previous
semesters last ending prior to requesting a certificate of completion; or 3)
obtained written consent from the dropout's parents or guardians and the
regional superintendent.
(c) Students shall be informed of the
eligibility requirements of this Act
in writing at the time of registration.
(d) The superintendent of schools of the
school district in which the student resides and attends school or in which
the student resides at the time he or she drops out of school (with respect
to a public high school student or a dropout from the public high school)
or the chief school administrator (with
respect to a student who attends a non-public high school or a dropout from a
non-public high school) may waive the requirements of this Section if the superintendent
or chief school administrator, as the case
may be, deems it to be in the best interests of the student or dropout.
Before requesting a certificate of completion from the Secretary of State
for any person who is enrolled
as
a student in any public or non-public secondary school or who was so enrolled
in the semester last ending prior to the request for a certificate of
completion from the Secretary of State or who is of high school age, the driver
training school shall
determine from the school district in which that person resides or resided at
the time of dropping out of school, or from the
chief administrator of the non-public high school attended or last
attended by such person, as
the case may be, that such person is not ineligible to receive a certificate
of completion under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-1100, eff. 1-1-23 .)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-409)
Sec. 6-409. Display of License. Each driver training school must display at a prominent place in its
main office all of the following:
(a) The State license issued to the school;
(b) The names and addresses and State instructors licenses of all
instructors employed by the school;
(c) The address of all branch offices and branch class rooms.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-410) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-410)
Sec. 6-410. Vehicle inspections. The Department of Transportation shall
provide for the inspection of all motor vehicles used for driver training,
and shall issue a safety inspection sticker provided:
(a) The motor vehicle has been inspected by the Department and found to
be in safe mechanical condition;
(b) The motor vehicle is equipped with dual control brakes and a
mirror on each side of the motor vehicle so located as to reflect to the
driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the
rear of such motor vehicle; and
(c) The motor vehicle is equipped with a sign or signs visible from the
front and the rear in letters no less than 2 inches tall, listing the full
name of the driver training school which has registered and insured the
motor vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-411)
Sec. 6-411. Qualifications of Driver Training Instructors. In order to
qualify for a license as an instructor for a driving school, an applicant must:
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If a driver training school class room instructor teaches an approved driver
education course, as defined in Section 1-103 of this Code, to students
under 18 years of age, he or she shall furnish to
the Secretary of State a certificate issued by the State Board of Education
that the said instructor is qualified and meets the minimum educational
standards for teaching driver education courses in the local public or
parochial school systems, except that no State Board of Education certification
shall be required of any instructor who teaches exclusively in a
commercial driving school. On and after July 1, 1986, the existing
rules and regulations of the State
Board of Education concerning commercial driving schools shall continue to
remain in effect but shall be administered by the Secretary of State until
such time as the Secretary of State shall amend or repeal the rules in
accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Upon request,
the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of completion to a student
under 18 years of age who has completed an approved driver education course
at a commercial driving school.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-412)
Sec. 6-412. Issuance of Licenses to Driver Training Schools and Driver Training
Instructors. The Secretary of State shall issue a license certificate to each
applicant to conduct a driver training school or to each driver training
instructor when the Secretary of State is satisfied that such person has
met the qualifications required under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-413)
Sec. 6-413. Expiration of Licenses. All outstanding licenses issued to any driver training school or driver
training instructor under this Act shall expire by operation of law 24
months from the date of issuance, unless sooner cancelled, suspended or
revoked under the provisions of Section 6-420.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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(625 ILCS 5/6-414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-414)
Sec. 6-414. Renewal of Licenses. The license of each driver training school may be renewed subject to the
same conditions as the original license, and upon the payment of a
renewal license fee of $500 and $50 for each renewal of a branch
application.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, eff. 7-2-10.)
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