Full Text of SB2407 103rd General Assembly
SB2407 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2407 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school activity bus may be used to transport a student in any of grades 9 through 12 who participates in a career exploration program, as approved by a parent or guardian. Effective July 1, 2023.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 11-1414.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
| 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 or a vehicle described in | 11 | | subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of | 12 | | this Code for any curriculum-related school activity, except : | 13 | | (1) a student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a | 14 | | student in any of grades K through 12 with an | 15 | | Individualized Education Plan (IEP) with a staff to | 16 | | student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending Acacia Academy, | 17 | | Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands Center, | 18 | | Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or New | 19 | | Horizon Academy ; or | 20 | | (2) a student in any of grades 9 through 12 who
| 21 | | participates in a career exploration program, as approved
| 22 | | by a parent or guardian; | 23 | | may be transported in a multifunction multi-function school |
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| 1 | | activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this | 2 | | Code for any curriculum-related activity except for | 3 | | transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or | 4 | | from school to home, subject to the following conditions: | 5 | | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students | 6 | | under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school | 7 | | bus driver permit. | 8 | | (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | 9 | | to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | 10 | | 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code. | 11 | | "Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this | 12 | | subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or | 13 | | from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school | 14 | | attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career | 15 | | center or other trade-skill development site or a regional | 16 | | safe school or other school-sponsored alternative learning | 17 | | program, or a trip that is directly related to the regular | 18 | | curriculum of a student for which he or she earns credit.
| 19 | | (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any | 20 | | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | 21 | | who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or | 22 | | for a public or private primary or secondary school, including | 23 | | any primary or secondary school operated by a religious | 24 | | institution, for an interscholastic, | 25 | | interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored, | 26 | | noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does not require |
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| 1 | | student participation as part of the educational services of | 2 | | the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students' | 3 | | regular class-for-credit schedule shall transport students | 4 | | only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of | 5 | | Section 1-182 of this Code. A student participating in an | 6 | | agrarian-related activity may also be transported in a second | 7 | | division pick-up truck registered under paragraph 7 of | 8 | | subsection (b) of Section 3-808.1. For purposes of this | 9 | | subsection, "pick-up truck" means a truck weighing 12,000 | 10 | | pounds or less with an enclosed cabin that can seat up to 6 | 11 | | passengers with seatbelts, including the driver, and an open | 12 | | cargo area. This subsection (b) does not apply to any second | 13 | | division vehicle used by an entity listed in subsection (a) of | 14 | | Section 1-182 of this Code for a parade, homecoming, or a | 15 | | similar noncurriculum-related school activity.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 102-544, eff. 8-20-21.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 18 | | 2023.
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