Trans 129.10(7)(7) Rider coach training qualification. To develop and maintain a state-wide pool of motorcycle rider coaches, the department may manage enrollment into department-sponsored motorcycle rider coach instruction classes in any of the following manners: Trans 129.10(7)(a)(a) Exclude applicants from rider coach training classes who are not sponsored by a rider education provider. Trans 129.10(7)(b)(b) Grant preference to persons who are applying to become rider coaches in parts of the state where additional instructors are needed. Trans 129.10(7)(c)(c) Exclude applicants who do not meet the background or driver record qualification requirements for a motorcycle rider coach. Trans 129.10(7)(d)(d) Interview and select rider coach applicants who the interviewing panel concludes are most likely to succeed as motorcycle rider coaches. Trans 129.10(7)(e)(e) Limit the number of persons it will enroll in rider coach training classes if the number of applicants exceeds the number of available student positions in the department-sponsored rider coach training class. Trans 129.10(8)(8) Rider coach trainers. The department may maintain a list of rider coach trainers who are certified by the curriculum provider as rider coach trainers, and who undergo all training and evaluations required to maintain that certification. Rider coach trainers shall be subject to the requirements of subs. (2) and (3) and hold a rider coach license. Only certified rider coach trainers may provide rider coach preparation courses or orientations. Trans 129.10 NoteNote: Persons trained in other jurisdictions, or via training by the military or a federal agency may qualify as instructors under sub. (2) (b).
Trans 129.10 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1998, No. 505, eff. 2-1-98; CR 07-084: am. (1), (2) (c), (d) and (4) (c), r. (2) (b), cr. (2) (e) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08: CR 23-043: am. (title), renum. (1) to (1m) and am., renum. Trans 129.19 (1) to (1), r. and recr. (2), am. (3) (intro.), (a), cr. (3) (am), am. (b), r. and recr. (4), (5), cr. (6) to (8) Register November 2024 No. 827, eff. 12-1-24; correction in (3) (am) (intro.) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register November 2024 No. 827. Trans 129.11(1)(1) Evaluation of basic rider education courses may include any of the following: Trans 129.11(1)(a)(a) An on-site inspection of the rider course program by personnel authorized by the department. Trans 129.11(1)(b)(b) A review of the ratio of passing to failing students, including reasons any students did not complete the course. Trans 129.11(1)(c)(c) Evaluation of the facilities and instruction for compliance with statutory requirements and these rules, and in a manner consistent with evaluation criteria specified by the curriculum provider. Trans 129.11(2)(2) An evaluation may not be conducted by a person who teaches at or is employed by the site that is subject to the evaluation. Trans 129.11(3)(3) On-site evaluation reports shall be submitted to the department within 10 days of the evaluation. Trans 129.11 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1998, No. 505, eff. 2-1-98; CR 07-084: renum. to be (1), cr. (2) and (3) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; CR 23-043: am. (1) (a), cr. (1) (c), am. (2) Register November 2024 No. 827, eff. 12-1-24. Trans 129.12Trans 129.12 Hearing following cancellation, suspension, or denial of licenses. Trans 129.12(2)(2) A school or instructor may be reauthorized after cancellation or nonrenewal when all the following conditions have been met: Trans 129.12(2)(a)(a) Any period of cancellation as set by the department has been completed and any revoked or suspended instruction school or instructor license is reinstated. Trans 129.12(2)(b)(b) The school or instructor submits an application for reauthorization. Trans 129.12(2)(c)(c) The department is satisfied that the conditions which led to the cancellation have been corrected or no longer exist. Trans 129.12(3)(3) A person adversely affected by a cancellation, suspension, or refusal to issue or renew a license issued under this chapter may request a hearing before the department to review the cancellation, suspension, or nonrenewal. A request for hearing shall be made in writing and shall be filed with the department within 30 days of the date of the notice of cancellation or suspension or notice that the person's license may not be renewed or is denied. If the department receives a request for hearing which satisfies the requirements of this subsection, the department shall conduct a prompt informal hearing within 15 days after receiving the request. If the matter is not resolved after an informal hearing is completed, the person adversely affected by the department’s licensing action may request a full evidentiary hearing before the department, pursuant to ch. 227, Stats. A request for hearing shall be in writing and shall be filed with the department within 30 days after the completion of the informal hearing. A request for an informal or a full evidentiary hearing does not stay the effect of a suspension, cancellation, denial, or nonrenewal, unless the suspension, cancellation, denial, or nonrenewal is expressly stayed in writing by the department. Trans 129.12 NoteNote: Persons affected by sub. (1) (j) are afforded due process by a pre-license revocation hearing under s. 343.69, Stats. Trans 129.12 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1998, No. 505, eff. 2-1-98; CR 07-084: am. (1) (j) Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; CR 23-043: am. (title), r. (1), am. (3) Register November 2024 No. 827, eff. 12-1-24. Trans 129.13Trans 129.13 Student participation reports and course completion cards. Trans 129.13(1)(1) A rider education provider shall report all of the following to the department within 48 hours of completion of a rider education class for each student through the department’s online driver education course information system: Trans 129.13(1)(a)(a) The name of the rider coach who taught the course attended by the student.