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Sen. Christine Radogno
Filed: 5/10/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2348
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2348 on page 1, line |
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| 5, after "13B-55", by inserting "and adding Section 12-816"; |
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| and
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| on page 4, immediately below line 11, by inserting the |
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| following: |
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| "(625 ILCS 5/12-816 new) |
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| Sec. 12-816. Post-trip inspection policy for school buses. |
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| (a) In order to provide for the welfare and safety of |
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| children who are transported on school buses throughout the |
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| State of Illinois, each school district shall have in place, by |
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| January 1, 2006, a policy to ensure that the school bus driver |
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| is the last person leaving the bus and that no passenger is |
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| left behind or remains on the vehicle at the end of a route, a |
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| work shift, or the work day. |
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| (b) If a school district has a contract with a private |
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| sector school bus company for the transportation of the |
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| district's students, the school district shall require in the |
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| contract with the private sector company that the company have |
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| a post-trip inspection policy in place.
This policy and |
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| procedure shall, at a minimum, require the school bus driver, |
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| before leaving the bus at the end of each route, work shift, or |
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| work day, to walk to the rear of the bus and check in and under |
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| each seat for sleeping children. |