(625 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 804) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-818) Sec. 4. Cycle Rider Safety Training Courses. (a) The Department shall, on an as needed basis, put out notices to the public seeking Cycle Rider Safety Training Course Providers to provide courses in this State. Such courses shall be open to all residents of the State who hold a currently valid driver's license and who have reached their 16th birthday before the first day of the course to be held. Such courses may be offered throughout the calendar year. Providers may charge a nominal registration fee set by the Department, which shall be refunded upon completion of the course. Responses from potential providers shall include, at a minimum, the location where classes are to be held at, the number of students they intend to train, whether they would be providing motorcycles or using motorcycles provided by the program, and the cost for courses provided on a per student basis. Contracts shall be awarded by the Department to providers based on training needs and cost effectiveness of each bid or proposal as well as the provider's organizational capacity to satisfactorily discharge Cycle Rider Safety Training Courses. (b) A provider shall only be paid grant funds under one of the following conditions: (1) a course was held, in which case the provider shall be paid per student rate multiplied by the number of students present on the first day of the course; (2) expenses submitted related to the maintenance of program equipment; or (3) submitting other non-personnel expenses as deemed appropriate by the Department. (c) A provider awarded a contract with grant funding under this Act shall: (1) submit proof to the Department that each instructor employed by the provider meets the qualifications to teach the curriculum for the courses; (2) have at least one employee on staff certified to do quality assurance or quality control visits where instructors are evaluated per curriculum standards on teaching; (3) perform at least one quality assurance or quality control visit on each instructor employed during the year and submit the results of those visits to the Department; (4) maintain appropriate liability insurance to cover training activities; (5) submit requests for payment in a timely manner; and (6) adhere to additional program rules and regulations as determined by the Department. (d) A provider awarded a contract with grant funding under this Act shall not adopt any policy, requirement, or expectation regarding employee's manner of dress outside of the employee's scheduled work hours, nor may the provider pose any questions regarding such on job applications or during interviews with potential employees. (Source: P.A. 104-408, eff. 1-1-26.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-818) Sec. 4. Cycle rider safety training courses. (a) The Department shall, on an as needed basis, put out notices to the public seeking cycle rider safety training course providers to provide cycle rider safety training courses in this State. Such courses shall be open to all residents of the State who hold a currently valid driver's license and who have reached their 16th birthday before the first day of the course to be held. Such courses may be offered throughout the calendar year. Cycle rider safety training course providers may charge a nominal registration fee set by the Department, which shall be refunded upon completion of the course. Responses from potential cycle rider safety training course providers shall include, at a minimum, the location where classes are to be held, the number of students they intend to train, whether they would be providing motorcycles or using motorcycles provided by the program, and the cost for courses provided on a per student basis. Contracts shall be awarded by the Department to cycle rider safety training course providers based on training needs and cost effectiveness of each bid or proposal as well as the provider's organizational capacity to satisfactorily discharge cycle rider safety training courses. (b) A cycle rider safety training course provider shall only be paid grant funds under one of the following conditions: (1) a course was held, in which case the cycle rider safety training course provider shall be paid per student rate multiplied by the number of students present on the first day of the course; (2) expenses submitted related to the maintenance of program equipment; or (3) submitting other non-personnel expenses as deemed appropriate by the Department. (c) A cycle rider safety training course provider awarded a contract with grant funding under this Act shall: (1) submit proof to the Department that each instructor employed by the cycle rider safety training course provider meets the qualifications to teach the curriculum for the courses; (2) have at least one employee on staff certified to do quality assurance or quality control visits where instructors are evaluated per curriculum standards on teaching; (3) perform at least one quality assurance or quality control visit on each instructor employed during the year and submit the results of those visits to the Department; (4) maintain appropriate liability insurance to cover training activities; (5) submit requests for payment in a timely manner; and (6) adhere to additional program rules and regulations as determined by the Department. (d) A cycle rider safety training course provider awarded a contract with grant funding under this Act and a dealer provider operating under subsection (e) shall not adopt any policy, requirement, or expectation regarding an employee's manner of dress outside of the employee's scheduled work hours, nor pose any questions regarding such on job applications or during interviews with potential employees. (e) A dealer provider may provide courses under this Act to the public for a fee which shall not be refunded. Such courses shall be open to all residents of the State who hold a currently valid driver's license and who have reached their 16th birthday before the first day of the course to be held. Such courses may be offered throughout the calendar year. A dealer provider is ineligible for funds from the Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund as described in subsection (b). A dealer provider is not eligible for program funds or equipment supplied by the Department. A dealer provider offering courses under this subsection: (1) shall submit proof to the Department that each instructor employed by the dealer provider meets the qualifications to teach the curriculum for the courses; (2) shall have at least one employee on staff certified to do quality assurance or quality control visits where instructors are evaluated per curriculum standards on teaching; (3) shall perform at least one quality assurance or quality control visit on each instructor employed during the year and submit the results of those visits to the Department; (4) shall maintain appropriate liability insurance to cover training activities; (5) shall run its program according to a curriculum approved by the Department; (6) shall adhere to additional program rules and regulations as determined by the Department. (7) shall not engage in sales solicitation of its retail products to students during the registration process or on the same day that the student is attending a cycle rider safety training course; and (8) shall place a cycle rider safety training provider promotional sign in any dealership alongside material advertising its dealer provider classes. If the Department finds that a dealer provider is not meeting the requirements of this Section in a satisfactory way, the Department is authorized to suspend or terminate the ability of the dealer provider to issue student completion cards. (Source: P.A. 104-408, eff. 1-1-26; 104-818, eff. 1-1-27.)
