Bill Text: IL HB5300 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5300 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5300-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 11-1414.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
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| 8 | (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | must be transported in a school bus, in or a vehicle described | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | in subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | this Code for any curriculum-related school activity, or except | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | a student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending Acacia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Academy, Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands Center, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or New | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Horizon Academy may be transported in a multi-function school | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Code for any curriculum-related school activity, except for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | from school to home, subject to the following conditions: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus | ||||||
| 2 | driver permit. | ||||||
| 3 | (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | ||||||
| 4 | to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | ||||||
| 5 | 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code. | ||||||
| 6 | "Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this | ||||||
| 7 | subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or | ||||||
| 8 | from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school | ||||||
| 9 | attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career | ||||||
| 10 | center or other trade-skill development site or a regional safe | ||||||
| 11 | school or other school-sponsored alternative learning program, | ||||||
| 12 | or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of | ||||||
| 13 | a student for which he or she earns credit.
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| 14 | (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any | ||||||
| 15 | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | ||||||
| 16 | who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or | ||||||
| 17 | for a public or private primary or secondary school, including | ||||||
| 18 | any primary or secondary school operated by a religious | ||||||
| 19 | institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, | ||||||
| 20 | or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) | ||||||
| 21 | does not require student participation as part of the | ||||||
| 22 | educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated | ||||||
| 23 | with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall | ||||||
| 24 | transport students only in a school bus, in a or vehicle | ||||||
| 25 | described in subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code, or, | ||||||
| 26 | subject to the conditions in subsection (a) of this Section, in | ||||||
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| 1 | a multi-function school activity bus as defined in Section | ||||||
| 2 | 1-148.3a-5 of this Code. This subsection (b) does not apply to | ||||||
| 3 | any second division vehicle used by an entity listed in | ||||||
| 4 | subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code for a parade, | ||||||
| 5 | homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related school | ||||||
| 6 | activity.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 99-888, eff. 1-1-17; 100-667, eff. 1-1-19.)
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