Full Text of SB2299 102nd General Assembly
SB2299 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2299 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Ann Gillespie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/29-6.3 | | 105 ILCS 5/29-6.3a new | | 625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5 | | 625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 | 625 ILCS 5/11-1414.2 new | |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school-activity bus may additionally be used for transportation to a college, university, student job site developed through a partnership with the school, a college or career fair, or an experience that the school determines will contribute to a student's college or career readiness. Provides that, from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, a student in any of grades K through 12 may be transported in a multifunction school-activity bus for any transportation from home to school or from school to home. Amends the School Code to make conforming changes and to provide that a student in any of grades 7 through 12 (instead of grades 9 through 12) may be transported in a multifunction school-activity bus for specified purposes.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 29-6.3 and by adding Section 29-6.3a as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
| 7 | | Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified | 8 | | interscholastic or school-sponsored
activities. | 9 | | (a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12 | 10 | | or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or | 11 | | school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does | 12 | | not require student participation as part of the educational | 13 | | services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the | 14 | | students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 | 15 | | clock hours of instruction under Section 10-19.05 shall | 16 | | transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle | 17 | | manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including | 18 | | the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus | 19 | | manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including | 20 | | the driver. | 21 | | (a-5) A student in any of grades 7 9 through 12 may be | 22 | | transported in a multifunction school-activity multi-function | 23 | | school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 |
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| 1 | | of the Illinois Vehicle Code for any curriculum-related or | 2 | | college and career readiness 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 the Illinois Vehicle | 11 | | Code. | 12 | | (b) Any school district furnishing transportation for | 13 | | students under the authority of this Section shall insure | 14 | | against any loss or liability of the district resulting from | 15 | | the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle. | 16 | | (c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section | 17 | | may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as | 18 | | provided in Section 29-5 of this Code.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19.)
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3a new) | 21 | | Sec. 29-6.3a. MFSAB use from January 1, 2021 through June | 22 | | 30, 2022. | 23 | | (a) Notwithstanding subsection (a-5) of Section 29-6.3, | 24 | | from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, a student in any of | 25 | | grades K through 12 may be transported in a multifunction |
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| 1 | | school-activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 | 2 | | for any transportation: (i) from home or school bus stops to | 3 | | school; or (ii) from school to home or school bus stops, except | 4 | | where prohibited by federal law. | 5 | | (b) This Section is repealed January 1, 2023. | 6 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 7 | | changing Sections 1-148.3a-5 and 11-1414.1 and by adding | 8 | | Section 11-1414.2 as follows: | 9 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5) | 10 | | Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school-activity school | 11 | | activity bus. A multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB) | 12 | | means a school bus manufactured for the purpose of | 13 | | transporting 11 or more persons, including the driver, whose | 14 | | purposes do not include transporting students to and from home | 15 | | or school bus stops unless authorized by Article XIV of | 16 | | Chapter 11 of this Code or by Section 29-6.3 of the School | 17 | | Code . A MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the special | 18 | | requirements for school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-803, and | 19 | | 12-805 and subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of this Code.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10; 97-378, eff. 8-15-11.)
| 21 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
| 22 | | Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
| 23 | | (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any |
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| 1 | | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | 2 | | must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in | 3 | | subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of | 4 | | this Code for any curriculum-related or college and career | 5 | | readiness school activity, except a student in any of grades 9 | 6 | | through 12 or a student in any of grades K through 12 with an | 7 | | individualized education program Individualized Education Plan | 8 | | (IEP) with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending | 9 | | Acacia Academy, Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands | 10 | | Center, Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or | 11 | | New Horizon Academy may be transported in a multifunction | 12 | | school-activity multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as | 13 | | defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code for any | 14 | | curriculum-related or college and career readiness activity | 15 | | except for transportation on regular bus routes from home to | 16 | | school or from school to home, subject to the following | 17 | | conditions: | 18 | | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students | 19 | | under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school | 20 | | bus driver permit. | 21 | | (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | 22 | | to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | 23 | | 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code. | 24 | | "Curriculum-related school or college and career readiness | 25 | | activity" as used in this subsection (a) includes | 26 | | transportation from home to school or from school to home, |
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| 1 | | tripper or shuttle service between school attendance centers, | 2 | | transportation to a college, university, student job site | 3 | | developed through a partnership with the school, vocational or | 4 | | career center or other trade-skill development site or a | 5 | | regional safe school or other school-sponsored alternative | 6 | | learning program, a college or career fair, or a trip that is | 7 | | directly related to the regular curriculum of a student for | 8 | | which he or she earns credit , or an experience that the school | 9 | | determines will contribute to the college or career readiness | 10 | | of the student .
| 11 | | (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any | 12 | | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | 13 | | who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or | 14 | | for a public or private primary or secondary school, including | 15 | | any primary or secondary school operated by a religious | 16 | | institution, for an interscholastic, | 17 | | interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored, | 18 | | noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does not require | 19 | | student participation as part of the educational services of | 20 | | the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students' | 21 | | regular class-for-credit schedule shall transport students | 22 | | only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of | 23 | | Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection (b) does not apply | 24 | | to any second division vehicle used by an entity listed in | 25 | | subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code for a parade, | 26 | | homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related school |
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| 1 | | activity.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 99-888, eff. 1-1-17; 100-667, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 3 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.2 new) | 4 | | Sec. 11-1414.2. MFSAB use from January 1, 2021 through | 5 | | June 30, 2022. | 6 | | (a) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of Section 11-1414.1, | 7 | | from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, a student in any of | 8 | | grades K through 12 may be transported in a multifunction | 9 | | school-activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5: | 10 | | (i) from home or school bus stops to school; or (ii) from | 11 | | school to home or school bus stops, except where prohibited by | 12 | | federal law. | 13 | | (b) This Section is repealed January 1, 2023.
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