2021-2022 PROGRAM INFORMATION COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE Miles Community College offers four start dates per year for the CDL program. The one-semester, 15-week CDL course requires approximately 8 weeks of mostly classroom instruction and 7 weeks of handon and behind the wheel instruction. Both classroom and behind the wheel instruction meets all FMCSA requirements. September 8 – December 17, 2021 October 27, 2021 – March 4, 2022 (with holiday break December 18-January 18)
January 19 – May 6, 2022 March 14 – June 24, 2022
PROGRAM COSTS The following are tuition and fee costs, based on residency, for the one-semester CDL course only. Total costs include tuition, mandatory fees, and a $975 per semester CDL Program fee. Additional program costs, at the expense of the student, may include DOT physical, pre-employment drug screening, Montana MVD CDL licensing fees, and textbooks. Custer County Residents: $3,240 Other Montana Residents: $4,020 ND, SD, and WY Residents: $4,020 Out-of-State Residents: $5,895 WUE State Residents*: $5,175 *Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) = AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, NV, NM, OR, UT, and WA
Students continuing into the second semester of the Basic Transportation Entrepreneurship Certificate will incur tuition and fee charges based on the courses selected to meet program requirements. Please contact the MCC Admissions Office or CDL Instructor for details.
FMCSA/ELDT REQUIREMENTS The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations set the baseline for training requirements for entry-level drivers. This includes those applying to: Obtain a Class A or Class B CDL for the first time; Upgrade an existing Class B CDL to a Class A CDL; or Obtain a school bus (S), passenger (P), or hazardous materials (H) endorsement for the first time.
Beginning February 7, 2022, an entry-level driver will only be permitted to take the relevant CDL skills or knowledge test after completing the training required by the ELDT regulations, from a provider listed on the Training Provider Registry. This includes an individual seeking to take the CDL skills test required to obtain a Class A or Class B CDL for the first time; to upgrade an existing Class B to a Class A CDL; or to obtain a passenger (P) or school bus (S) endorsement for the first time. It also includes an individual seeking to take the knowledge test required to obtain a hazardous materials (H) endorsement for the first time.
TRAINING PROVIDER REGISTRY The Training Provider Registry improves highway safety by supporting FMCSA’s goal of ensuring that only qualified drivers are behind the wheel of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The Registrar will connect entry level drivers with training providers who can equip them with eh knowledge to safely operate CMV’s for which a commercial learner’s permit (CLP) or commercial driver’s license is required. Once operational, the FMCSA Training Provider Registry will retain a record of which CDL applicants have completed the new training and certification process outlined in the Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations. For more information about the ELDT regulations and the Training Provider registry, visit https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov. The ELDT regulations and the Training Provider Registry were mandated under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The ELDT final rule was based, in part, on consensus recommendations from the Agency’s Entry-Level Driver Training Advisory Committee (ELDTAC), a negotiated rulemaking committee that held a series of meetings in 2015. Source: https://tpr.fmcsa.dot.gov/