Bill Text: IL SB2367 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that "approved driver education course" includes online instruction. Provides that the Secretary of State may permit a course provider of a driver training school to offer the course online if the course provider is able to verify: (i) the identity of the person taking the course; (ii) and that the person completes the entire course. Provides that a fee charged by the course provider shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. Providers that the Secretary shall post, on the Secretary of State's website, a list of approved course providers, the fees charged by the course providers, and contact information for each provider. Provides that the course provider shall collect an additional $5 to be paid to the Secretary for administering the program and such collected fees shall be deposited into the Driver Services Administration Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-30 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon [SB2367 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB2367-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB2367 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. John Connor SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/1-103 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103
625 ILCS 5/6-419 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-419
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that "approved driver education course" includes online instruction. Provides that the Secretary of State may permit a course provider of a driver training school to offer the course online if the course provider is able to verify: (i) the identity of the person taking the course; (ii) and that the person completes the entire course. Provides that a fee charged by the course provider shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. Providers that the Secretary shall post, on the Secretary of State's website, a list of approved course providers, the fees charged by the course providers, and contact information for each provider. Provides that the course provider shall collect an additional $5 to be paid to the Secretary for administering the program and such collected fees shall be deposited into the Driver Services Administration Fund.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 1-103 and 6-419 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103)
Sec. 1-103. Approved driver education course. (a) Any
course of driver education approved by the State Board of
Education, offered by public or private schools maintaining
grades 9 through 12, and meeting at least the minimum
requirements of the "Driver Education Act", as now or
hereafter amended, (b) any course of driver education,
including online instruction, offered by a school licensed to
give driver education instructions under this Act which meets
at least the minimum educational requirements of the "Driver
Education Act", as now or hereafter amended, and is approved
by the State Board of Education, (c) any course of driver
education given in another State to an Illinois resident
attending school in such State and approved by the State
administrator of the Driver Education Program of such other
State, or (d) any course of driver education given at a
Department of Defense Education Activity school that is
approved by the Department of Defense Education Activity and

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taught by an adult driver education instructor or traffic
safety officer.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10.)
(625 ILCS 5/6-419) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-419)
Sec. 6-419. Rules and regulations.
(a) 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. The Secretary may adopt rules
exempting particular types of driver training schools from
specific statutory provisions in Sections 6-401 through 6-424,
where application of those provisions would be inconsistent
with the manner of instruction offered by those schools. The
Secretary, in consultation with the State Board of Education,
shall adopt course content standards for driver education for
those persons under the age of 18 years, which shall include
the operation and equipment of motor vehicles. After June 30,
2017, the course content standards for driver education
provided by a driver training school to those persons under
the age of 18 years shall include instruction concerning law
enforcement procedures for traffic stops, including a
demonstration of the proper actions to be taken during a
traffic stop and appropriate interactions with law
enforcement.

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(b) The Secretary may permit a course provider to offer
the course online if the Secretary is satisfied the course
provider has established adequate procedures for verifying:
(1) the identity of the person taking the course
online; and
(2) the person completes the entire course.
The Secretary shall establish a method of electronic
verification of a student's successful completion of the
course.
The fee charged by the course provider shall bear a
reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. The
Secretary shall post on the Secretary of State's website a
list of approved course providers, the fees charged by the
providers, and contact information for each provider.
In addition to any other fee charged by the course
provider, the course provider shall collect a fee of $5 from
each student to offset the costs incurred by the Secretary in
administering this program. The $5 shall be submitted to the
Secretary within 14 days of the day on which it was collected.
All fees received by the Secretary shall be deposited into the
Driver Services Administration Fund.
(Source: P.A. 99-720, eff. 1-1-17.)