Bill Text: IL SB2220 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes a provision in the School Code that allows a school district to transport not more than 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school-sponsored activity in a van. Provides instead that a school district transporting students in grade 12 or below 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 district and (ii) is not associated with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 clock hours of instruction shall transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver; allows for a depreciation allowance claim. In the Illinois Vehicle Code, makes changes with regard to the definition of "school bus" and the requirement that every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in a public or private nursery, primary, or secondary school be transported in specified types of vehicles for certain activities. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2010.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2220 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2220-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB2220 Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/29-6.3
625 ILCS 5/1-182 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-182
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
30 ILCS 805/8.33 new
Amends the School Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes a provision in the School Code that allows a school district to transport not more than 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school-sponsored activity in a van. Provides instead that a school district transporting students in grade 12 or below 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 district and (ii) is not associated with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 clock hours of instruction shall transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver; allows for a depreciation allowance claim. In the Illinois Vehicle Code, makes changes with regard to the definition of "school bus" and the requirement that every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in a public or private nursery, primary, or secondary school be transported in specified types of vehicles for certain activities. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2010.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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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 changing Section
29-6.3 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified
interscholastic or school-sponsored school sponsored
activities.
(a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12
or below 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 district and (ii) is not associated with the
students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5
clock hours of instruction shall transport the students only in
a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than
10 persons, including the driver, or a multifunction
school-activity bus manufactured to transport not more than 15
persons, including the driver.
(b) Any school district furnishing transportation for
students under the authority of this Section shall insure
against any loss or liability of the district resulting from

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the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle.
(c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section
may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as
provided in Section 29-5 of this Code. Any school district may
transport not more than 15 students to and from an
interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school
sponsored activity in a motor vehicle designed for the
transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons,
commonly referred to as a van, provided that the van is
operated by or for the district and provided further that any
school district furnishing transportation for students under
the authority of this Section shall insure against any loss or
liability of the district resulting from the maintenance,
operation, or use of the vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95; 89-608, eff. 8-2-96;
89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 1-182 and 11-1414.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/1-182) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-182)
Sec. 1-182. School bus.
(a) "School bus" means every motor vehicle, except as
provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, owned or operated by
or for any of the following entities for the transportation of
persons regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below in

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connection with any activity of such entity:
Any public or private primary or secondary school;
Any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
institution; or
Any public, private or religious nursery school.
(b) This definition shall not include the following:
1. A bus operated by a public utility, municipal
corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local
or interurban transportation of passengers when such bus is
not traveling a specific school bus route but is:
On a regularly scheduled route for the transportation
of other fare paying passengers;
Furnishing charter service for the transportation of
groups on field trips or other special trips or in
connection with other special events; or
Being used for shuttle service between attendance
centers or other educational facilities.
2. A motor vehicle of the First Division.
3. A multifunction school-activity bus. "Multifunction
school-activity bus" means a vehicle manufactured for the
purpose of transporting 11 to 15 persons, including the
driver. A motor vehicle designed for the transportation of
not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons that is operated
by or for a public or private primary or secondary school,
including any primary or secondary school operated by a
religious institution, for the purpose of transporting not

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more than 15 students to and from interscholastic athletic
or other interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)
(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.
"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. Every student
enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in paragraph
(a) of Section 1-182 of this Code who is transported in a
second division motor vehicle owned or operated by or for that
entity, in connection with any official activity of such
entity, must be transported in a school bus or a bus described
in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of Section 1-182.
(b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any

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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 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. This Section shall not apply to any second
division vehicle being used by such entity in a parade,
homecoming or similar school activity, nor to a motor vehicle
designed for the transportation of not less than 7 nor more
than 16 persons while that vehicle 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 the purpose of transporting not more than 15
students to and from interscholastic athletic or other
interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)

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Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.33 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2010.