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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
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 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
7     Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified
8 interscholastic or school-sponsored school sponsored
9 activities.
10     (a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12
11 or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or
12 school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does
13 not require student participation as part of the educational
14 services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the
15 students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5
16 clock hours of instruction shall transport the students only in
17 a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than
18 10 persons, including the driver, or a multifunction
19 school-activity bus manufactured to transport not more than 15
20 persons, including the driver.
21     (b) Any school district furnishing transportation for
22 students under the authority of this Section shall insure
23 against any loss or liability of the district resulting from

 

 

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1 the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle.
2     (c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section
3 may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as
4 provided in Section 29-5 of this Code. Any school district may
5 transport not more than 15 students to and from an
6 interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school
7 sponsored activity in a motor vehicle designed for the
8 transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons,
9 commonly referred to as a van, provided that the van is
10 operated by or for the district and provided further that any
11 school district furnishing transportation for students under
12 the authority of this Section shall insure against any loss or
13 liability of the district resulting from the maintenance,
14 operation, or use of the vehicle.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95; 89-608, eff. 8-2-96;
16 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 
17     Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
18 Section 1-148.3a-5 and by changing Sections 1-182, 11-1414.1,
19 12-802, and 12-821 as follows:
 
20     (625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5 new)
21     Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school activity bus. A
22 multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB) means a school bus
23 manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 to 15 persons,
24 including the driver, whose purposes do not include

 

 

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1 transporting students to and from home or school bus stops. A
2 MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the special requirements for
3 school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-803, and 12-805 and
4 subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of this Code.
 
5     (625 ILCS 5/1-182)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-182)
6     Sec. 1-182. School bus.
7     (a) "School bus" means every motor vehicle, except as
8 provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, owned or operated by
9 or for any of the following entities for the transportation of
10 persons regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below in
11 connection with any activity of such entity:
12     Any public or private primary or secondary school;
13     Any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
14 institution; or
15     Any public, private or religious nursery school.
16     (b) This definition shall not include the following:
17         1. A bus operated by a public utility, municipal
18     corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local
19     or interurban transportation of passengers when such bus is
20     not traveling a specific school bus route but is:
21         On a regularly scheduled route for the transportation
22     of other fare paying passengers;
23         Furnishing charter service for the transportation of
24     groups on field trips or other special trips or in
25     connection with other special events; or

 

 

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1         Being used for shuttle service between attendance
2     centers or other educational facilities.
3         2. A motor vehicle of the First Division.
4         3. A multifunction school-activity bus. A motor
5     vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than 7
6     nor more than 16 persons that is operated by or for a
7     public or private primary or secondary school, including
8     any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
9     institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than
10     15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other
11     interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)
 
13     (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
14     Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
15     (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
16 entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
17 must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in
18 subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of
19 this Code for any curriculum-related school activity.
20 "Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this
21 subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or
22 from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school
23 attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career
24 center or other trade-skill development site or a regional safe
25 school or other school-sponsored alternative learning program,

 

 

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1 or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of
2 a student for which he or she earns credit. Every student
3 enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in paragraph
4 (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code who is transported in a
5 second division motor vehicle owned or operated by or for that
6 entity, in connection with any official activity of such
7 entity, must be transported in a school bus or a bus described
8 in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of Section 1-182.
9     (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
10 entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
11 who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or
12 for a public or private primary or secondary school, including
13 any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
14 institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic,
15 or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i)
16 does not require student participation as part of the
17 educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated
18 with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall
19 transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in
20 subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection
21 (b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an
22 entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
23 for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related
24 school activity. This Section shall not apply to any second
25 division vehicle being used by such entity in a parade,
26 homecoming or similar school activity, nor to a motor vehicle

 

 

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1 designed for the transportation of not less than 7 nor more
2 than 16 persons while that vehicle is being operated by or for
3 a public or private primary or secondary school, including any
4 primary or secondary school operated by a religious
5 institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than 15
6 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other
7 interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)
 
9     (625 ILCS 5/12-802)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-802)
10     Sec. 12-802. Identification.
11     (a) Each school bus shall have the sign "SCHOOL BUS"
12 painted on both the front and rear of the bus as high as
13 practicable in letters at least 8 inches high.
14     (b) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus
15 (MFSAB) shall have the The vehicle weight and the vehicle
16 maximum passenger capacity recommended by the manufacturer of
17 the bus, which shall be based upon provision for 13 inches of
18 seating space for each passenger exclusive of the driver, shall
19 be painted on the body to the left of the service door in
20 letters at least 2 inches high. The name of the owner or the
21 entity or both for which the school bus or MFSAB is operated or
22 both shall be painted in a contrasting color on both sides,
23 centered as high as practicable below the window line, in
24 letters at least 4 inches high. An A school bus identification
25 number shall be painted as high as practicable on both the

 

 

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1 front and rear of the school bus or MFSAB in letters at least 4
2 inches high.
3     (c) Decals may be used instead of painting under this
4 Section.
5 (Source: P.A. 82-111.)
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/12-821)
7     Sec. 12-821. Display of telephone number; complaint calls.
8     (a) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus
9 shall display at the rear of the bus a sign, with letters and
10 numerals readily visible and readable, indicating the
11 telephone number of the owner of the school bus, regardless of
12 whether the owner is a school district or another person or
13 entity. The sign shall indicate that the number is to be called
14 to report erratic driving by the school bus driver.
15     (b) The owner of each school bus or multifunction
16 school-activity bus shall establish procedures for accepting
17 the calls provided for under subsection (a) and for taking
18 complaints.
19     (c) The procedures established under subsection (b) shall
20 include, but not be limited to:
21         (1) an internal investigation of the events that led to
22     each complaint; and
23         (2) a report to the complaining party on the results of
24     the investigation and the action taken, if any.
25 (Source: P.A. 95-176, eff. 1-1-08.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
2 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
3     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
4     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
5 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
6 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
7 the 96th General Assembly.
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
9 2010.