105 ILCS 5/10-20.21a

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.21a)

Sec. 10-20.21a. Contracts for charter bus services.

To award
contracts for providing charter bus services for the sole purpose of
transporting students regularly enrolled in grade 12 or below to or
from interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school sponsored
activities.

All contracts for providing charter bus services for the sole
purpose of transporting students regularly enrolled in grade 12 or
below to or from interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school
sponsored activities must contain clause (A) as
set forth below, except that a contract with an out-of-state company may
contain
clause (B), as set forth below, or clause (A). The clause must be set
forth in the body of the
contract in typeface of at least 12 points and all upper case letters:

(A) "ALL OF THE CHARTER BUS DRIVERS WHO WILL BE PROVIDING
SERVICES UNDER THIS CONTRACT HAVE, OR WILL HAVE BEFORE ANY SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED:

(1) SUBMITTED THEIR FINGERPRINTS TO THE ILLINOIS

STATE POLICE IN THE FORM AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.  THESE FINGERPRINTS SHALL BE CHECKED AGAINST THE FINGERPRINT RECORDS NOW AND HEREAFTER FILED IN THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS DATABASES.  THE FINGERPRINT CHECK HAS RESULTED IN A DETERMINATION THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF COMMITTING ANY OF THE OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (C-1)(4) OF SECTION 6-508 OF THE ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE; AND

(2) DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL FITNESS TO OPERATE SCHOOL

BUSES BY SUBMITTING THE RESULTS OF A MEDICAL EXAMINATION, INCLUDING TESTS FOR DRUG USE, TO A STATE REGULATORY AGENCY."

(B) "NOT ALL OF THE CHARTER BUS DRIVERS WHO WILL BE PROVIDING
SERVICES UNDER THIS CONTRACT HAVE, OR WILL HAVE BEFORE ANY SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED:

(1) SUBMITTED THEIR FINGERPRINTS TO THE ILLINOIS

STATE POLICE IN THE FORM AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.  THESE FINGERPRINTS SHALL BE CHECKED AGAINST THE FINGERPRINT RECORDS NOW AND HEREAFTER FILED IN THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS DATABASES.  THE FINGERPRINT CHECK HAS RESULTED IN A DETERMINATION THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF COMMITTING ANY OF THE OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (C-1)(4) OF SECTION 6-508 OF THE ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE; AND

(2) DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL FITNESS TO OPERATE SCHOOL

BUSES BY SUBMITTING THE RESULTS OF A MEDICAL EXAMINATION, INCLUDING TESTS FOR DRUG USE, TO A STATE REGULATORY AGENCY."

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)