La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § I-3123

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-3123 - Wage Policy

A. Qualifications for Payment of Assistant Instructor

1. Assistant instructors shall be paid for range instruction when there are 9 to 12 operator students participating in exercises on the same range where that assistant instructor has been assigned. An assistant instructor utilized in an advanced course where more than three passenger participants successfully complete that particular course may claim up to one additional hour of instructional service.

2. Assistant instructors may also be paid for classroom instruction if so assigned by the lead instructor within the total course instructional hours allowed.

B. Motorcycle Safety Instructor Candidate Services

1. A motorcycle safety instructor candidate shall not qualify to be paid wages for any services performed while qualifying for or attempting to obtain motorcycle safety instructor status.

C. Maximum Instructional Hours Allowed Per Course

1. Motorcycle safety instructor wages shall be calculated on an hourly basis. Wages shall be paid only for instruction and supplemental hours provided for courses or activities pre-approved in writing by the program coordinator. Additional hours may be claimed due to justifiable extenuating circumstances as reported to and approved by the program coordinator due to student emergency or extreme weather delays during the conduct of the course.

2. Instructor wages are paid for services rendered in the implementation of the following three types of motorcycle operator training courses:

a. basic motorcycle operator training course;

b. advanced motorcycle operator training course;

c. instructor preparation course.

i. Table 1 lists the maximum number of hours that may be claimed by the instructor(s) respective to the number of operator students participating in a particular basic motorcycle operator training course. In addition to the instructional hours allowed per course, the course lead motorcycle safety instructor may claim three to four supplemental hours per basic course for services performed for training site preparation and student registration supplies as per the following table.

Table 1. Basic Motorcycle Operator Training Course

Students on Range	Classroom: Total Hours	Range: Instructor Hours	Supplemental Hours	Assistant Instructor Hours
6-8	5.5	10	3	N/A
9-12 (w/AI)	5.5	10	3	10
12-16 (w/o AI)	5.5	20	4	N/A
17-24 (w/AI)	5.5	20	4	20

ii. Table 2 lists the maximum number of hours that may be claimed by the instructor(s) respective to the number operator students participating in a particular advanced motorcycle operator training course. A lead instructor and assistant instructor may each claim one additional hour of instruction service for an advanced course in which more than three passenger participants successfully complete that particular course. In addition to the instructional hours allowed per course, the course lead motorcycle safety instructor may claim 2.5 to 3 supplemental hours per basic course for services performed for training site preparation and student registration supplies as per the following table.

Table 2. Advanced Motorcycle Operator Training Course

Students on Range	Classroom: Total Hours	Range: Instructor Hours	Supplemental Hours	Assistant Instructor Hours
6-8	NA	5	2.5	N/A
9-12 (w/AI)	NA	5	2.5	5
12-16 (w/o AI)	NA	10	3	N/A
18-24 (w/AI)	NA	10	3	10

D. Minimum Students Needed to Claim Wages. Unless the course lead instructor is given a written exemption by the program coordinator, there shall be a minimum of six students participating during the first 90 minutes of classroom sessions in order for a lead instructor to claim wages for instructional and supplemental hours rendered in any particular course.

E. Submission of Completed Course Forms

1. Instructional personnel shall submit the following completed forms related to a particular course in original versions no more than four working days after the completion of the course:

a. Student Information and Performance List (Form MS2);

b. Student Registration and Release (Form MS3);

c. Instructor Performance Report (Form MS4);

d. Unsatisfactory Performance and Evaluation Report (Form MS5) (if applicable);

e. Accident/Injury Report(s) (MS6) (if applicable).

2. Completed program reports and forms should be delivered or submitted via certified mail to the following address: Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Transportation and Environmental Safety Section, 7919 Independence Blvd., Box 832, Baton Rouge, LA, 70806, telephone (225) 925-6113.

F. Submission of Course Fees

1. Only lead motorcycle safety instructors shall collect course fees. All collected course fees shall be submitted to the program coordinator with any applicable course forms subsequent to the completion of the course or other approved departmental activity.

G. Payroll Member: A Requirement to Instruct

1. An individual not on the department payroll shall not instruct or assist in the conduct of any program course or activity unless written authorization is provided to the lead instructor for the proposed course or activity by the program coordinator for the non-employee to perform such services.

H. Restriction: Range Sections Per Course

1. No motorcycle operator training course may contain more than two range sections to accommodate participating students when more than one instructor is utilized to conduct all or any part of that course.

I. Reporting of Instructional Hours

1. A motorcycle safety instructor claiming wages shall orally report or electronically mail (email) to the appointed time and attendance staff member within the number of hours performed per date by that instructor during a particular department motorcycle operator training course or other approved activity. Such information shall be reported before 9:30 a.m. the Monday following such instruction. If the department is closed on a Monday, the required information shall be reported by 9:30 a.m. the next working day.

2. Failure to comply with all appropriate manual regulations and procedures or to submit or report the information as required in this Chapter may result in dismissal as a department employee and/or delayed payment for approved services. No instructor shall receive wages for services that are not pre-approved in writing by the program coordinator and in accordance with established program rules and regulations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § I-3123

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, LR 36:541 (March 2010).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.32:402.3.