SB2879eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2879 Engrossed LRB096 16998 AJT 32311 b

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Sections 1-148.3a-5 and 11-1414.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

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 transporting students to and from home or school bus stops. However, non-public schools may use a multifunction school activity bus to transport non-public school students between non-public schools for curriculum-related school activity. 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.

(Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-410)

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. However, non-public schools may use a multifunction school activity bus, as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code, to transport non-public school students between non-public schools for 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.

(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.

(Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2010.