Illinois Administrative Code › Title 20 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part 1720 - ILLINOIS POLICE TRAINING ACT › Subpart A - CERTIFICATION OF POLICE OFFICERS › Section 1720.30 - School Standards and Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Each academy or course certified by the Board shall operate, for the duration
				of the academy or course, under a full-time Academy Director approved by the
				Executive Director of the Board.
b)
				The Academy Director shall assume the responsibility of the overall supervision
				of the school, including the preparation and grading of examinations, rating of
				classroom notebooks, arranging for qualified instructors, providing for food
				and lodging for the trainees where appropriate, arranging for adequate training
				facilities such as classrooms, props, gymnasium and safe firearms ranges, and
				the conduct and discipline of the trainees.
c) The Academy Director shall maintain
				complete records on each trainee and, at the conclusion of the course, submit
				those records to the Executive Director of the Board for filing in such form as
				he may require. A copy of the performance record of each trainee shall also be
				furnished to the trainee's employing agency, including demeanor and deportment
				of the trainee.
d) The Academy
				Director shall make a final determination as to whether a trainee has
				satisfactorily passed all reasonable standards and requirements of a particular
				course of training. The Academy Director shall also have the authority to
				dismiss from the school any trainee prior to the completion of the course, if,
				in the opinion of the Academy Director, the trainee is unable or unwilling to
				satisfactorily complete the prescribed course of training. Immediately upon
				dismissal action, the Academy Director shall submit a written report to the
				Executive Director and the trainee's employing agency.
e) The Academy Director shall set reasonable
				fees for any training course, including tuition and room and board where
				applicable. The local governmental agency employing the trainee shall pay the
				fees directly to the training school or employing agency.
f) Approval of Training Course
1) A formal letter of application for
				certification of a training course under the Illinois Police Training Act must
				be submitted to the Executive Director by the sponsoring agency and/or the
				course Director. The application must include course objectives, curriculum
				outline, a brief description of what is taught under each topic, the complete
				schedule of the school (hour by hour and day by day and lesson plans) and the
				names and qualifications of the instructors to be used. The application must
				also list the specific location of the physical facilities to be used,
				including firearms ranges and detailed justification regarding fees to be
				charged, as set forth in subsection (e). Applications shall be submitted at
				least 45 days prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
				Board.
2) After the complete
				program of the proposed course is evaluated, the applicant will be notified by
				the Executive Director as to whether the course is approved or
				disapproved.