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Public Act 095-0260
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| Public Act 095-0260 |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
12-816 as follows: | ||||
(625 ILCS 5/12-816 new) | ||||
Sec. 12-816. Post-trip inspection policy for school buses. | ||||
(a) In order to provide for the welfare and safety of | ||||
children who are transported on school buses throughout the | ||||
State of Illinois, each school district shall have in place, by | ||||
January 1, 2008, a policy to ensure that the school bus driver | ||||
is the last person leaving the bus and that no passenger is | ||||
left behind or remains on the vehicle at the end of a route, a | ||||
work shift, or the work day. | ||||
(b) If a school district has a contract with a private | ||||
sector school bus company for the transportation of the | ||||
district's students, the school district shall require in the | ||||
contract with the private sector company that the company have | ||||
a post-trip inspection policy in place.
This policy and | ||||
procedure shall, at a minimum, require the school bus driver, | ||||
before leaving the bus at the end of each route, work shift, or | ||||
work day, to walk to the rear of the bus and check in and under | ||||
each seat for sleeping children. | ||||
(c) Before this inspection, the school bus driver shall | ||
activate the interior lights of the bus to assist the driver in | ||
seeing in and under the seats during a visual sweep of the bus. | ||
(d) This policy may include, at the discretion of the | ||
school district, the installation of a mechanical or electronic | ||
post-trip inspection reminder system which requires the school | ||
bus driver to walk to the rear of the bus to deactivate the | ||
system before the driver leaves the bus. The system shall | ||
require that when the driver turns off the vehicle's ignition | ||
system, the vehicle's interior lights must illuminate to assist | ||
the driver in seeing in and under the seats during a visual | ||
sweep of the bus. | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||