Bill Amendment: IL SB2346 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2346 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2346-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2346 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2346-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2346
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2346 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 27-24.2 and 27-24.9 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-24.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.2) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 27-24.2. Safety education; driver education course. | ||||||
8 | Instruction shall be given in safety education in each of | ||||||
9 | grades one through 8, equivalent to one class period each week, | ||||||
10 | and any school district which maintains
grades 9 through 12 | ||||||
11 | shall offer a driver education course in any such school
which | ||||||
12 | it operates. Its curriculum shall include content dealing with | ||||||
13 | Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, | ||||||
14 | the rules adopted pursuant to those Chapters insofar as they | ||||||
15 | pertain to the operation of motor vehicles, and the portions of | ||||||
16 | the Litter Control Act relating to the operation of motor |
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1 | vehicles. The course of instruction given in grades 10 through | ||||||
2 | 12 shall include an emphasis on the development of knowledge, | ||||||
3 | attitudes, habits, and skills necessary for the safe operation | ||||||
4 | of motor vehicles, including motorcycles insofar as they can be | ||||||
5 | taught in the classroom, and instruction on distracted driving | ||||||
6 | as a major traffic safety issue. In addition, the course shall | ||||||
7 | include instruction on special hazards existing at and required | ||||||
8 | safety and driving precautions that must be observed at | ||||||
9 | emergency situations, highway construction and maintenance | ||||||
10 | zones, and railroad crossings and the approaches thereto. The | ||||||
11 | Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the course shall also | ||||||
12 | include instruction concerning law enforcement procedures for | ||||||
13 | traffic stops, including a demonstration of the proper actions | ||||||
14 | to be taken during a traffic stop , and appropriate interactions | ||||||
15 | with law enforcement , and any other course content developed by | ||||||
16 | the State Board under subsection (b) of Section 27-24.9 of this | ||||||
17 | Code, which may be tailored by a school district for the | ||||||
18 | community in which the school district is located . The course | ||||||
19 | of instruction required of each eligible student at the high | ||||||
20 | school level shall consist of a minimum of 30 clock hours of | ||||||
21 | classroom instruction and a minimum of 6 clock hours of | ||||||
22 | individual behind-the-wheel instruction in a dual control car | ||||||
23 | on public roadways taught by a driver education instructor | ||||||
24 | endorsed by the State Board of Education. Both the classroom | ||||||
25 | instruction part and the practice driving
part of such driver | ||||||
26 | education course shall be open to a resident or
non-resident |
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1 | student attending a non-public school in the district wherein | ||||||
2 | the
course is offered. Each student attending any public or | ||||||
3 | non-public high school
in the district must receive a passing | ||||||
4 | grade in at least 8 courses during the
previous 2 semesters | ||||||
5 | prior to enrolling in a driver education course, or the
student | ||||||
6 | shall not be permitted to enroll in the course; provided that | ||||||
7 | the local
superintendent of schools (with respect to a student | ||||||
8 | attending a public high
school in the district) or chief school | ||||||
9 | administrator (with respect to a
student attending a non-public | ||||||
10 | high school in the district) may waive the
requirement if the | ||||||
11 | superintendent or chief school administrator, as the case
may | ||||||
12 | be, deems it to be in the best interest of the student. A | ||||||
13 | student may be allowed to commence the
classroom instruction | ||||||
14 | part of such driver education course prior to reaching
age 15 | ||||||
15 | if such student then will be eligible to complete the entire | ||||||
16 | course
within 12 months after being allowed to commence such | ||||||
17 | classroom instruction. | ||||||
18 | A school district may offer a driver education course in a | ||||||
19 | school by contracting with a commercial driver training school | ||||||
20 | to provide both the classroom instruction part and the practice | ||||||
21 | driving part or either one without having to request a | ||||||
22 | modification or waiver of administrative rules of the State | ||||||
23 | Board of Education if the school district approves the action | ||||||
24 | during a public hearing on whether to enter into a contract | ||||||
25 | with a commercial driver training school. The public hearing | ||||||
26 | shall be held at a regular or special school board meeting |
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1 | prior to entering into such a contract. If a school district | ||||||
2 | chooses to approve a contract with a commercial driver training | ||||||
3 | school, then the district must provide evidence to the State | ||||||
4 | Board of Education that the commercial driver training school | ||||||
5 | with which it will contract holds a license issued by the | ||||||
6 | Secretary of State under Article IV of Chapter 6 of the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Vehicle Code and that each instructor employed by the | ||||||
8 | commercial driver training school to provide instruction to | ||||||
9 | students served by the school district holds a valid teaching | ||||||
10 | license issued under the requirements of this Code and rules of | ||||||
11 | the State Board of Education. Such evidence must include, but | ||||||
12 | need not be limited to, a list of each instructor assigned to | ||||||
13 | teach students served by the school district, which list shall | ||||||
14 | include the instructor's name, personal identification number | ||||||
15 | as required by the State Board of Education, birth date, and | ||||||
16 | driver's license number. Once the contract is entered into, the | ||||||
17 | school district shall notify the State Board of Education of | ||||||
18 | any changes in the personnel providing instruction either (i) | ||||||
19 | within 15 calendar days after an instructor leaves the program | ||||||
20 | or (ii) before a new instructor is hired. Such notification | ||||||
21 | shall include the instructor's name, personal identification | ||||||
22 | number as required by the State Board of Education, birth date, | ||||||
23 | and driver's license number. If the school district maintains | ||||||
24 | an Internet website, then the district shall post a copy of the | ||||||
25 | final contract between the district and the commercial driver | ||||||
26 | training school on the district's Internet website. If no |
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1 | Internet website exists, then the school district shall make | ||||||
2 | available the contract upon request. A record of all materials | ||||||
3 | in relation to the contract must be maintained by the school | ||||||
4 | district and made available to parents and guardians upon | ||||||
5 | request. The instructor's date of birth and driver's license | ||||||
6 | number and any other personally identifying information as | ||||||
7 | deemed by the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 | ||||||
8 | must be redacted from any public materials. | ||||||
9 | Such a course may be commenced immediately after the | ||||||
10 | completion of a prior
course. Teachers of such courses shall | ||||||
11 | meet the licensure requirements of
this Code and regulations of | ||||||
12 | the State Board as to qualifications. | ||||||
13 | Subject to rules of the State Board of Education, the | ||||||
14 | school district may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed $50, | ||||||
15 | to students who participate in the course, unless a student is | ||||||
16 | unable to pay for such a course, in which event the fee for | ||||||
17 | such a student must be waived. However, the district may | ||||||
18 | increase this fee to an amount not to exceed $250 by school | ||||||
19 | board resolution following a public hearing on the increase, | ||||||
20 | which increased fee must be waived for students who participate | ||||||
21 | in the course and are unable to pay for the course. The total | ||||||
22 | amount from driver education fees and reimbursement from the | ||||||
23 | State for driver education must not exceed the total cost of | ||||||
24 | the driver education program in any year and must be deposited | ||||||
25 | into the school district's driver education fund as a separate | ||||||
26 | line item budget entry. All moneys deposited into the school |
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1 | district's driver education fund must be used solely for the | ||||||
2 | funding of a high school driver education program approved by | ||||||
3 | the State Board of Education that uses driver education | ||||||
4 | instructors endorsed by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-720, eff. 1-1-17; | ||||||
6 | 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
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7 | (105 ILCS 5/27-24.9) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 27-24.9. Driver education standards. | ||||||
9 | (a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
10 | Secretary of State, shall adopt course content standards for | ||||||
11 | driver education for those persons under the age of 18 years, | ||||||
12 | which shall include the operation and equipment of motor | ||||||
13 | vehicles.
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14 | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
15 | Department of State Police, shall adopt course content | ||||||
16 | standards for driver education for persons under the age of 18 | ||||||
17 | years that includes information concerning the proper | ||||||
18 | procedures following a traffic stop by a law enforcement | ||||||
19 | officer, including, but not limited to, the driver's rights, | ||||||
20 | the role of the officer, proper driver and officer behavior, | ||||||
21 | appropriate questioning, required documentation, how and where | ||||||
22 | to file a complaint against an officer, and any other | ||||||
23 | information the State Board or the Department of State Police | ||||||
24 | deems necessary. In developing course content under this | ||||||
25 | subsection (b), the State Board or the Department of State |
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1 | Police may consult with any other interested party, including a | ||||||
2 | volunteer working group. Before finalizing the course content, | ||||||
3 | the State Board must provide an opportunity within a reasonable | ||||||
4 | period of time for public comment. The State Board shall adopt | ||||||
5 | rules to implement this subsection (b). | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 97-1025, eff. 1-1-13.)".
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