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625 ILCS 5/

(625 ILCS 5/)

             ARTICLE IV. COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS


    (625 ILCS 5/6-401)
    Sec. 6-401.  Driver Training Schools-License Required.
    No person,  firm,  association,  partnership  or  corporation  shall
operate  a  driver  training  school or engage in the business of giving
instruction for hire or for a fee in the driving of motor vehicles or in
the preparation of an applicant for examination given by  the  Secretary
of  State for a drivers license or permit, unless a license therefor has
been issued by the Secretary.
    This section shall not apply to public  schools  or  to  educational
institutions  in  which driving instruction is part of the curriculum or
to employers giving instruction to their employees.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-402)
    Sec. 6-402. Qualifications of driver training schools. In  order  to
qualify  for  a  license  to  operate  a  driver  training  school, each
applicant must:
         (a)  be of good moral character;
         (b)  be at least 21 years of age;
         (c)  maintain an established place  of  business  open  to  the
    public which meets the requirements of Section 6-403 through 6-407;
         (d)  maintain  bodily  injury  and  property  damage  liability
    insurance  on  motor  vehicles  while  used  in driving instruction,
    insuring  the  liability  of  the  driving   school,   the   driving
    instructors  and  any  person  taking  instruction  in  at least the
    following amounts: $50,000 for bodily injury  to  or  death  of  one
    person  in  any  one  accident  and,  subject  to said limit for one
    person, $100,000 for bodily injury to or death of 2 or more  persons
    in any one accident and the amount of $10,000 for damage to property
    of  others in any one accident.  Evidence of such insurance coverage
    in the form of a certificate from the  insurance  carrier  shall  be
    filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  such certificate shall
    stipulate that the insurance shall not be cancelled except  upon  10
    days  prior  written  notice  to  the Secretary of State.  The decal
    showing evidence of insurance shall be affixed to the windshield  of
    the vehicle;
         (e)  provide  a continuous surety company bond in the principal
    sum of $10,000 for the  protection  of  the  contractual  rights  of
    students  in  such  form  as  will  meet  with  the  approval of the
    Secretary of State  and  written  by  a  company  authorized  to  do
    business  in  this  State.  However,  the aggregate liability of the
    surety for all breaches of the condition of the  bond  in  no  event
    shall  exceed  the  principal sum of $10,000. The surety on any such
    bond may cancel such bond  on  giving  30  days  notice  thereof  in
    writing to the Secretary of State and shall be relieved of liability
    for  any breach of any conditions of the bond which occurs after the
    effective date of cancellation;
         (f)  have the equipment  necessary  to  the  giving  of  proper
    instruction in the operation of motor vehicles;
         (g)  have and use a business telephone listing for all business
    purposes; and
         (h)  pay to the Secretary of State an application fee of $250.
    No  license  shall be issued under this Section to a person who is a
spouse, offspring, sibling, parent, grandparent,  grandchild,  uncle  or
aunt,  nephew or niece, cousin, or in-law of the person whose license to
do business at that location has been revoked or denied or to  a  person
who  was  an  officer  or  employee  of a business firm that has had its
license revoked or denied, unless the Secretary of  State  is  satisfied
the  application  was submitted in good faith and not for the purpose or
effect of defeating the intent of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 87-829; 87-832; 87-895.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-403)
    Sec. 6-403. Established Place of Business.
    The established place of business of  each  driver  training  school
must  be  owned  or  leased  by the driver training school and regularly
occupied and primarily used by  that  driver  training  school  for  the
business  of  selling  and giving driving instructions for hire or for a
fee, and the business of preparing members of the public for examination
given by the Secretary of State for a drivers license.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-404)
    Sec. 6-404. Location of Schools.
    The established place of business of  each  driver  training  school
must  be located in a district which is zoned for business or commercial
purposes. The driver training school office must have a  permanent  sign
clearly  readable  from  the street, from a distance of no less than 100
feet, with the name of the driving school upon it.
(Source: P. A. 76-1753.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-405)
    Sec. 6-405. Restrictions of Locations.
    The established place of business, or branch  office,  branch  class
room  or  advertised  address  of  any  driver training school shall not
consist of or include a house trailer, residence, tent, temporary stand,
temporary address, office space, a room or rooms  in  a  hotel,  rooming
house  or  apartment house, or premises occupied by a single or multiple
unit dwelling house or telephone answering service.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-406)
    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. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-407)
    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. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-408)
    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. 76-1754.)

    (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
GED or alternative education program or  has  obtained  a  copy  of  the
dropout's  GED  certificate;  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.
    (e)  By January 1, 1997, the Secretary of State, in cooperation with
the  State Board of Education, shall complete, and submit to the General
Assembly, a report that examines the impact of this  Section  and  other
changes made by Public Act 88-188.
(Source: P.A. 88-188; 88-628, eff. 9-9-94.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-409)
    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. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-410)
    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. 85-951.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-411)
    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:
    (a)  Be of good moral character;
    (b)  Authorize  an  investigation  to determine if the applicant has
ever been convicted of a crime and  if  so,  the  disposition  of  those
convictions;  this authorization shall indicate the scope of the inquiry
and the agencies which may be contacted.  Upon  this  authorization  the
Secretary  of  State  may request and receive information and assistance
from any federal, state or local governmental  agency  as  part  of  the
authorized  investigation.  The Department of State Police shall provide
information concerning any criminal convictions, and their  disposition,
brought  against  the  applicant  upon request of the Secretary of State
when the request is  made  in  the  form  and  manner  required  by  the
Department   of   State  Police.   The  information  derived  from  this
investigation  including  the  source  of  this  information,  and   any
conclusions  or  recommendations  derived  from  this information by the
Secretary of State shall be provided to the applicant, or his  designee,
upon request to the Secretary of State, prior to any final action by the
Secretary  of  State  on  the application.  No information obtained from
such investigation may be placed in any  automated  information  system.
Any  criminal  convictions and their disposition information obtained by
the Secretary of State shall be confidential and may not be  transmitted
outside the Office of the Secretary of State, except as required herein,
and  may not be transmitted to anyone within the Office of the Secretary
of State except as needed for the purpose of evaluating  the  applicant.
The only physical identity materials which the applicant can be required
to provide the Secretary of State are photographs or fingerprints; these
shall  be  returned  to  the  applicant upon request to the Secretary of
State, after the investigation has been completed and no copy  of  these
materials  may  be kept by the Secretary of State or any agency to which
such  identity  materials  were  transmitted.   Only   information   and
standards   which  bear  a  reasonable  and  rational  relation  to  the
performance of a  driver  training  instructor  shall  be  used  by  the
Secretary of State.  Any employee of the Secretary of State who gives or
causes  to  be  given  away  any confidential information concerning any
criminal charges and their disposition of an applicant shall  be  guilty
of  a  Class  A  misdemeanor  unless  release  of  such  information  is
authorized by this Section;
    (c)  Pass  such  examination as the Secretary of State shall require
on (1) traffic laws, (2) safe driving practices, (3) operation of  motor
vehicles, and (4) qualifications of teacher;
    (d)  Be  physically  able  to  operate safely a motor vehicle and to
train others in the operation of motor vehicles. An instructors  license
application   must  be  accompanied  by  a  medical  examination  report
completed by a competent physician licensed to practice in the State  of
Illinois;
    (e)  Hold a valid Illinois drivers license;
    (f)  Have  graduated from an accredited high school after at least 4
years of high school education or the equivalent; and
    (g)  Pay to the Secretary of State an application and license fee of
$35.
    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. 87-829; 87-832.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-412)
    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. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-413)
    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  12  months  from  the  date  of
issuance,  unless  sooner  cancelled,  suspended  or  revoked  under the
provisions of Section 6-420.
(Source: P.A. 87-829; 87-832.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-414)
    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 an annual renewal license fee of $250.
(Source: P.A. 87-829; 87-832.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-415)
    Sec. 6-415.  Renewal  Fee.  The  license  of  each  driver  training
instructor may be renewed subject to the same conditions of the original
license, and upon the payment of annual renewal license fee of $35.
(Source: P.A. 87-829; 87-832.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-416)
    Sec. 6-416.  Licenses: Form and Filing. All applications for renewal
of a driver training school  license  or  driver  training  instructor's
license  shall  be  on  a  form prescribed by the Secretary, and must be
filed with the Secretary not less than 15 days preceding the  expiration
date of the license to be renewed.
(Source: P.A. 87-829; 87-832.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-417)
    Sec. 6-417. Instructor's license.
    Each  driver  training  instructor's  license  shall  authorize  the
licensee to instruct only at or for the driver training school indicated
on the  license.  The  Secretary  shall  not  issue  a  driver  training
instructor's license to any individual who is licensed to instruct at or
for another driver training school.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    
    (625 ILCS 5/6-418)
    Sec. 6-418. Instructor's Records.
    Every licensee shall keep a record showing the name and  address  of
each  person  given  instruction  and the instruction permit or driver's
license number of every person given instruction in  the  driving  of  a
motor  vehicle,  and shall show the particular type of instruction given
and how much time was devoted to each such  type  of  instruction.  Such
records  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Secretary or his
representatives  at  all  reasonable  times,  but  shall  be   for   the
confidential use of the Secretary.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-419)
    Sec. 6-419. Rules and Regulations.
    The Secretary is authorized to prescribe by rule standards  for  the
eligibility,  conduct  and  operation  of  driver  training schools, and
instructors  and  to  adopt  other  reasonable  rules  and   regulations
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-420)
    Sec. 6-420. Denial, Cancellation, Suspension, Revocation and Failure
to Renew License. The Secretary may deny, cancel, suspend or revoke,  or
refuse  to  renew  any  driver  training  school  license  or any driver
training instructor license:
    (1)  When the Secretary is satisfied that the licensee fails to meet
the requirements to receive or hold a license under this Code;
    (2)  Whenever the licensee fails to keep  the  records  required  by
this Code;
    (3)  Whenever  the  licensee  permits fraud or engages in fraudulent
practices either with reference  to  a  student  or  the  Secretary,  or
induces or countenances fraud or fraudulent practices on the part of any
applicant for a driver's license or permit;
    (4)  Whenever  the  licensee  fails  to comply with any provision of
this Code or any rule of the Secretary made pursuant thereto;
    (5)  Whenever  the  licensee  represents  himself  as  an  agent  or
employee of the Secretary or uses advertising designed to lead or  which
would reasonably have the effect of leading persons to believe that such
licensee is in fact an employee or representative of the Secretary;
    (6)  Whenever  the licensee or any employee or agent of the licensee
solicits driver training or instruction in an office of  any  department
of  the  Secretary  of State having to do with the administration of any
law relating to motor vehicles, or within 1,500 feet of any such office;
    (7)  Whenever the licensee is convicted of driving while  under  the
influence of alcohol, other drugs, or a combination thereof; leaving the
scene of an accident; reckless homicide or reckless driving; or
    (8)  Whenever  a  driver  training school advertises that a driver's
license is guaranteed upon completion of the course of instruction.
(Source: P.A. 85-951.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-421)
    Sec. 6-421.   Judicial  Review.  The  action  of  the  Secretary  in
cancelling,  suspending,  revoking or denying any license under this Act
shall be subject to judicial review in the  Circuit  Court  of  Sangamon
County  or  the  Circuit Court of Cook County, and the provisions of the
Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereto,
and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, are  hereby  adopted  and  shall
apply  to  and govern every action for judicial review of the final acts
or decisions of the Secretary under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-422)
    Sec. 6-422.  Prior law and licenses thereunder.
    This Act shall not affect the validity of  any  outstanding  license
issued  to  any  driver training school or driver training instructor by
the Secretary of State under any prior law, nor shall  this  Act  affect
the  validity  or  legality  of  any  contract, agreement or undertaking
entered  into  by  any  driver  training  school  or   driver   training
instructor, or any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
based on those provisions of any prior law.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-423)
    Sec. 6-423. Deposit of fees.
    Fees collected under this Article shall be  deposited  in  the  Road
Fund.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-424)
    Sec. 6-424. Injunctions. If any person operates in violation of  any
provision  of  this Article, or any rule, regulation, order, or decision
of the  Secretary  of  State  established  under  this  Article,  or  in
violation  of  any  term,  condition or limitation of any license issued
under this Article, the Secretary of State, or any other person  injured
as a result, or any interested person, may apply to the circuit court of
the  county  where  the  violation  or  some part occurred, or where the
person complained of has an established or additional place of  business
or  resides,  to prevent the violation. The court may enforce compliance
by injunction or other  process  restraining  the  person  from  further
violation and compliance.
(Source: P.A. 87-829; 87-832.)

Curriculum

Sec. A-1.	Must be on file:  One copy of the current outline covering 

the topics, chapters, materials & lessons plans to be taught in the 

"classroom phase" of instruction.