Bill Text: IL HB2634 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that provisions restricting the transportation of students to certain vehicles does not apply to any motor vehicle of the first division or the second division while that vehicle is being operated by specified entities for the purpose of transporting students to or from any agrarian-related school activity. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2634 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2634-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2634 Introduced , by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that provisions restricting the transportation of students to certain vehicles does not apply to any motor vehicle of the first division or the second division while that vehicle is being operated by specified entities for the purpose of transporting students to or from any agrarian-related school activity. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-1414.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in
subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of
this Code for any curriculum-related school activity, except a
student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of
grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan
(IEP) with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending
Acacia Academy, Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands
Center, Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or
New Horizon Academy may be transported in a multi-function
school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5
of this Code for any curriculum-related activity except for
transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or
from school to home, subject to the following conditions:
(i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students

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under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school
bus driver permit.
(ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject
to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12,
12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code.
"Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this
subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or
from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school
attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career
center or other trade-skill development site or a regional
safe school or other school-sponsored alternative learning
program, or a trip that is directly related to the regular
curriculum of a student for which he or she earns credit.
(b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or
for a public or private primary or secondary school, including
any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
institution, for an interscholastic,
interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored,
noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does not require
student participation as part of the educational services of
the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students'
regular class-for-credit schedule shall transport students
only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of
Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection (b) does not apply

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to: (1) any second division vehicle used by an entity listed in
subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code for a parade,
homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related school
activity; or (2) any motor vehicle of the first division or the
second division while that vehicle is being operated by any
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
for the purpose of transporting students to or from any
agrarian-related school activity.
(Source: P.A. 99-888, eff. 1-1-17; 100-667, eff. 1-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.