Trainers must have a teaching license or permit, if required.” Any theory/classroom/range trainers who are not CDL holders must have audited or instructed that portion of the driver-training course that he/she intends to instruct. Refresher Course Training Although plenary committee has not yet formally endorsed the idea, the Refresher Course WG recommends requiring that individuals with a CDL that has lapsed/expired, been suspended or revoked for 4 or longer be required to complete refresher training from a provider listed on the Registry of Entry-Level Driver Training Providers. The recommended curriculum for such a course is contained in Annex 5. Once such refresher training is completed the training certificate would be transmitted from the training provider to FMCSA and the Agency would transmit the certificate to the SDLA via CDLIS. The rule would need to include an explicit requirement for SDLAs to administer a CDL skills test to these individuals, but only if there is an electronic training certificate on file with the SDLA. Compliance Date of Rule Facilitator Note: The ELDTAC has agreed that: the compliance date shall be set at 3 years from the publication date of the final rule, and FMCSA shall commit in that rule to ensuring that the Registry is ready for electronic submission prior to the compliance date of the ELDT rule. Stranded Student Issue A stakeholder participant in the IE WG conference call of 5/26/15 raised the issue of what happens to students who enroll in good faith in a training program only to discover, mid-course, that their training provider may lose its certification. Another caller noted that some states require that licensed trainers post a surety bond to cover such contingencies, and the question was asked whether FMCSA has authority to make this a federal requirement. After the call, FMCSA Counsel’s office informed the Facilitator that this may be a possibility, theoretically and legally, but a surety requirement would be complex and controversial, implicating interests beyond those represented in our process, and is probably not a viable option at this late stage. Facilitator Note: The ELDTAC has agreed that this issue is outside the scope of this rule.
Trainers must have a teaching license or permit, if required.” Any theory/classroom/range trainers who are not CDL holders must have audited or instructed that portion of the driver-training course that he/she intends to instruct. Refresher Course Training Although plenary committee has not yet formally endorsed the idea, the Refresher Course WG recommends requiring that individuals with a CDL that has lapsed/expired, been suspended or revoked for 4 or longer be required to complete refresher training from a provider listed on the Registry of Entry-Level Driver Training Providers. The recommended curriculum for such a course is contained in Annex 5. Once such refresher training is completed the training certificate would be transmitted from the training provider to FMCSA and the Agency would transmit the certificate to the SDLA via CDLIS. The rule would need to include an explicit requirement for SDLAs to administer a CDL skills test to these individuals, but only if there is an electronic training certificate on file with the SDLA. Compliance Date of Rule Facilitator Note: The ELDTAC has agreed that: the compliance date shall be set at 3 years from the publication date of the final rule, and FMCSA shall commit in that rule to ensuring that the Registry is ready for electronic submission prior to the compliance date of the ELDT rule. Stranded Student Issue A stakeholder participant in the IE WG conference call of 5/26/15 raised the issue of what happens to students who enroll in good faith in a training program only to discover, mid-course, that their training provider may lose its certification. Another caller noted that some states require that licensed trainers post a surety bond to cover such contingencies, and the question was asked whether FMCSA has authority to make this a federal requirement. After the call, FMCSA Counsel’s office informed the Facilitator that this may be a possibility, theoretically and legally, but a surety requirement would be complex and controversial, implicating interests beyond those represented in our process, and is probably not a viable option at this late stage. Facilitator Note: The ELDTAC has agreed that this issue is outside the scope of this rule.
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