(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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