Bill Amendment: IL HB5375 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: VEH CD-SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
Status: 2026-04-17 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5375 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB5375-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: VEH CD-SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
Status: 2026-04-17 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5375 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB5375-House_Amendment_001.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5375 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5375 on page 1, | ||||||
| 3 | immediately above line 4, by inserting the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 3. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 29-6.3 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified | ||||||
| 8 | interscholastic or school-sponsored activities. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12 | ||||||
| 10 | or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or | ||||||
| 11 | school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does | ||||||
| 12 | not require student participation as part of the educational | ||||||
| 13 | services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the | ||||||
| 14 | students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 | ||||||
| 15 | clock hours of instruction under Section 10-19.05 shall | ||||||
| 16 | transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle | ||||||
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| 1 | manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including | ||||||
| 2 | the driver, or a multifunction school activity bus | ||||||
| 3 | manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including | ||||||
| 4 | the driver. | ||||||
| 5 | (a-5) A student in any of grades 9 through 12 may be | ||||||
| 6 | transported in a multifunction school activity bus (MFSAB) as | ||||||
| 7 | defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code for | ||||||
| 8 | any curriculum-related or career-related activity except for | ||||||
| 9 | transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or | ||||||
| 10 | from school to home, subject to the following conditions: | ||||||
| 11 | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students | ||||||
| 12 | under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school | ||||||
| 13 | bus driver permit. | ||||||
| 14 | (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | ||||||
| 15 | to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | ||||||
| 16 | 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
| 17 | Code. | ||||||
| 18 | (a-7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the | ||||||
| 19 | driver has obtained and currently holds a valid school bus | ||||||
| 20 | permit, a MFSAB may be used for the purpose of transporting 15 | ||||||
| 21 | or less persons, including the driver, whose purposes do | ||||||
| 22 | include transporting students to and from home or school bus | ||||||
| 23 | stops. In such a case that a MFSAB is being used for | ||||||
| 24 | transporting students to and from home or school bus stops, a | ||||||
| 25 | MFSAB must meet the special requirements in Sections 12-801, | ||||||
| 26 | 12-803, and 12-805 and subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) Any school district furnishing transportation for | ||||||
| 3 | students under the authority of this Section shall insure | ||||||
| 4 | against any loss or liability of the district resulting from | ||||||
| 5 | the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section | ||||||
| 7 | may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as | ||||||
| 8 | provided in Section 29-5 of this Code. | ||||||
| 9 | (Source: P.A. 104-367, eff. 1-1-26.)". | ||||||
