Bill Text: IL HB4612 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that any 2 or more school districts that share the same boundaries may combine transportation activities to achieve savings to these school districts as well as this State. Provides that for any school districts electing to combine such transportation, the State Board of Education shall reimburse the school districts in an amount in addition to any other transportation reimbursement or other moneys owed to the school districts. Sets forth provisions concerning calculating the reimbursement, dividing the reimbursement, entering into contracts, and applying for reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2014.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0907 [HB4612 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB4612-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 098-0907
HB4612 Enrolled LRB098 18999 NHT 54148 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
29-20 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/29-20 new)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
Sec. 29-20. Study on shared services contracts. The State
Board of Education shall study shared services contracts in
current student transportation in this State, as well as the
opportunity for increased savings for future shared services
contracts, and shall report its findings to the General
Assembly on or before January 1, 2015. The study shall look at
school districts that have entered into shared services
contracts for student transportation. In addition, the study
shall examine school districts with shared boundaries and apply
examples of savings that a school district could save if it
entered into a shared services contract. The State Board of
Education need not examine school districts on a statewide
basis, but may use individual representative examples in
completing this study. This Section is repealed on January 1,
2016.