Bill Text: IL HB3482 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multi-function school activity bus may, under certain conditions, be used to transport any student in grade 12 or below (rather than a student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and enrolled in a certain school) for any curriculum-related school activity. Provides that a student enrolled in grade 12 or below may, under certain conditions, be transported in a multi-function school activity bus for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3482 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3482-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3482 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser 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 a multi-function school activity bus may, under certain conditions, be used to transport any student in grade 12 or below (rather than a student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and enrolled in a certain school) for any curriculum-related school activity. Provides that a student enrolled in grade 12 or below may, under certain conditions, be transported in a multi-function school activity bus for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity.
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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, in 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, or 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, 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 school 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 under

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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, in a or vehicle
described in subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code, or,
subject to the conditions in subsection (a) of this Section, in

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a multi-function school activity bus as defined in Section
1-148.3a-5 of this Code. This subsection (b) does not apply to
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.
(Source: P.A. 99-888, eff. 1-1-17.)