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Public Act 096-0410
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
29-6.3 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
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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
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95; 89-608, eff. 8-2-96; |
89-626, eff.
8-9-96.)
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Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
Section 1-148.3a-5 and by changing Sections 1-182, 11-1414.1, |
12-802, and 12-821 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5 new) |
Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school activity bus. A |
multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB) means a school bus |
manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 to 15 persons, |
including the driver, whose purposes do not include |
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transporting students to and from home or school bus stops. A |
MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the special requirements for |
school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-803, and 12-805 and |
subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of this Code.
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(625 ILCS 5/1-182) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-182)
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Sec. 1-182. School bus.
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(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
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persons
regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below
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connection with any activity of such entity:
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Any public or private primary or secondary school;
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Any primary or secondary school operated by a religious |
institution; or
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Any public, private or religious nursery school.
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(b) This definition shall not include the following:
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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:
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On a regularly scheduled route for the
transportation |
of other fare paying passengers;
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Furnishing charter
service for the transportation of |
groups on field trips or other special
trips or in |
connection with other special events; or
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Being used for shuttle service
between attendance |
centers or other educational facilities.
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2. A motor vehicle of the First Division.
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3. A multifunction school-activity bus. A motor |
vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than 7
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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
more than |
15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other
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interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
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(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
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Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
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(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, |
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or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of |
a student for which he or she earns credit. Every student
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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.
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(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 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 |
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)
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(625 ILCS 5/12-802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-802)
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Sec. 12-802. Identification. |
(a) Each school bus shall have the sign "SCHOOL
BUS" |
painted on both the front and rear of the bus as high as |
practicable
in letters at least 8 inches high. |
(b) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus |
(MFSAB) shall have the The vehicle
weight and the vehicle |
maximum passenger capacity recommended by the manufacturer
of |
the bus, which shall be based upon provision for 13 inches of |
seating
space for each passenger exclusive of the driver, shall |
be painted on
the body to the left of the service door in |
letters at least 2 inches high.
The name of the owner or the |
entity or both for which the school bus or MFSAB is operated
or |
both shall be painted in a contrasting color on both sides, |
centered
as high as practicable below the window line, in |
letters at least 4 inches
high. An A school bus identification |
number shall be painted as high as practicable
on both the |
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front and rear of the school bus or MFSAB in letters at least
4 |
inches high. |
(c) Decals may be used instead of painting under this |
Section.
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(Source: P.A. 82-111.)
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(625 ILCS 5/12-821) |
Sec. 12-821. Display of telephone number; complaint calls. |
(a) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus |
shall display at the rear of the bus a sign, with letters and |
numerals readily visible and readable, indicating the |
telephone number of the owner of the school bus, regardless of |
whether the owner is a school district or another person or |
entity. The sign shall indicate that the number is to be called |
to report erratic driving by the school bus driver. |
(b) The owner of each school bus or multifunction |
school-activity bus shall establish procedures for accepting |
the calls provided for under subsection (a) and for taking |
complaints. |
(c) The procedures established under subsection (b) shall |
include, but not be limited to: |
(1) an internal investigation of the events that led to |
each complaint; and |
(2) a report to the complaining party on the results of |
the investigation and the action taken, if any.
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(Source: P.A. 95-176, eff. 1-1-08.)
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