Full Text of HB5284 095th General Assembly
HB5284 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5284
Introduced , by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/27-23 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-23 |
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Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning driver education, provides that the maximum amount that a school district may charge students who participate is $250, rather than $50. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5284 |
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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 | 5 |
| 27-23 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-23)
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| Sec. 27-23. Motor Vehicle Code. The curriculum in all | 8 |
| public schools
shall include a course dealing with the content | 9 |
| of Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15,
and 16 of the Illinois Vehicle | 10 |
| Code, the rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to those | 11 |
| Chapters insofar as they pertain to the operation of motor | 12 |
| vehicles,
and the portions of the Litter Control Act relating | 13 |
| to the operation of motor
vehicles. Instruction shall be given | 14 |
| in safety education in each grade, 1
through 8, equivalent to 1 | 15 |
| class period each week, and in at least 1 of the
years in | 16 |
| grades 10 through 12. The course of instruction required of | 17 |
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eligible student at the high school level shall consist of | 18 |
| a minimum of 30
clock hours of classroom instruction taught by | 19 |
| a certified high school teacher
who has acquired special | 20 |
| qualifications as required for participation under the
terms of | 21 |
| Section 27-24.2 of this Act. Each school district maintaining
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| grades 9 through 12: (i) shall provide the classroom course for | 23 |
| each public
and non-public high school student resident of the |
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| school district who either
has received a passing grade in at | 2 |
| least 8 courses during the previous 2
semesters or has received | 3 |
| a waiver of that requirement from the local
superintendent of | 4 |
| schools (with respect to a public high school student) or
chief | 5 |
| school administrator (with respect to a non-public high school | 6 |
| student),
as provided in Section 27-24.2, and for each | 7 |
| out-of-school resident of the
district between the age of 15 | 8 |
| and 21 years who requests the classroom course,
and (ii) may | 9 |
| provide such classroom course for any resident of the district
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| over age 55 who requests the classroom course, but only if | 11 |
| space therein
remains available after all eligible public and | 12 |
| non-public high school student
residents and out-of-school | 13 |
| residents between the age of 15 and 21 who request
such course | 14 |
| have registered therefor, and only if such resident of the | 15 |
| district
over age 55 has not previously been licensed as a | 16 |
| driver under the laws of this
or any other state or country. | 17 |
| Each school district (i) shall provide an
approved course in | 18 |
| practice driving consisting of a minimum of 6 clock hours of
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| individual behind-the-wheel instruction or its equivalent in a | 20 |
| car, as
determined by the State Board of Education, for each | 21 |
| eligible resident of the
district between the age of 15 and 21 | 22 |
| years who has started an approved high
school classroom driver | 23 |
| education course on request, and (ii) may provide such
approved | 24 |
| course in practice driving for any resident of the district | 25 |
| over age
55 on request and without regard to whether or not | 26 |
| such resident has started
any high school classroom driver |
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| education course, but only if space therein
remains available | 2 |
| after all eligible residents of the district between the ages
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| of 15 and 21 years who have started an approved classroom | 4 |
| driver education
course and who request such course in practice | 5 |
| driving have registered
therefor, and only if such resident of | 6 |
| the district over age 55 has not
previously been licensed as a | 7 |
| driver under the laws of this or any other state
or country. | 8 |
| Subject to rules and regulations of the State Board of | 9 |
| Education,
the district may charge a reasonable fee, not to | 10 |
| exceed
$250 $50 , to students who
participate in the course, | 11 |
| unless a student is unable to pay for such a course,
in which | 12 |
| event the fee for such a student shall be waived. The total | 13 |
| amount from driver education fees and reimbursement from the | 14 |
| State for driver education must not exceed the total cost of | 15 |
| the driver education program in any year and must be deposited | 16 |
| into the school district's driver education fund as a separate | 17 |
| line item budget entry. All moneys deposited into the school | 18 |
| district's driver education fund must be used solely for the | 19 |
| funding of a high school driver education program approved by | 20 |
| the State Board of Education that uses instructors certified by | 21 |
| the State Board of Education. If a
district provides the | 22 |
| classroom or practice driving course or both of such
courses to | 23 |
| any residents of the district over age 55, the district may | 24 |
| charge
such residents a fee in any amount up to but not | 25 |
| exceeding the actual cost of
the course or courses in which | 26 |
| such residents participate. The course of
instruction given in |
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| grades 10 through 12 shall include an emphasis on the
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| development of knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills | 3 |
| necessary for the safe
operation of motor vehicles including | 4 |
| motorcycles insofar as they can be taught
in the classroom, and | 5 |
| in addition the course shall include instruction on
special | 6 |
| hazards existing at, and required extra safety and driving | 7 |
| precautions
that must be observed at, emergency situations, | 8 |
| highway construction and
maintenance zones, and
railroad | 9 |
| crossings and the approaches thereto.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-426, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 |
| becoming law. |
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