Full Text of SB1492 101st General Assembly
SB1492 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1492 Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Neil Anderson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that provisions restricting the transportation of students to certain vehicles does not apply to any motor vehicle of the first division or the second division while that vehicle is being operated by specified entities for the purpose of transporting students to or from any agrarian-related school activity. Effective immediately.
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 11-1414.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
| 8 | | (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any | 9 | | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | 10 | | must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in | 11 | | subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of | 12 | | this Code for any curriculum-related school activity, except a | 13 | | student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of | 14 | | grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) | 15 | | with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending Acacia | 16 | | Academy, Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands Center, | 17 | | Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or New | 18 | | Horizon Academy may be transported in a multi-function school | 19 | | activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this | 20 | | Code for any curriculum-related activity except for | 21 | | transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or | 22 | | from school to home, subject to the following conditions: | 23 | | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under |
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| 1 | | this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus | 2 | | driver permit. | 3 | | (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | 4 | | to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | 5 | | 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code. | 6 | | "Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this | 7 | | subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or | 8 | | from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school | 9 | | attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career | 10 | | center or other trade-skill development site or a regional safe | 11 | | school or other school-sponsored alternative learning program, | 12 | | or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of | 13 | | a student for which he or she earns credit.
| 14 | | (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any | 15 | | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | 16 | | who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or | 17 | | for a public or private primary or secondary school, including | 18 | | any primary or secondary school operated by a religious | 19 | | institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, | 20 | | or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) | 21 | | does not require student participation as part of the | 22 | | educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated | 23 | | with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall | 24 | | transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in | 25 | | subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection | 26 | | (b) does not apply to : (1) any second division vehicle used by |
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| 1 | | an entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this | 2 | | Code for a parade, homecoming, or a similar | 3 | | noncurriculum-related school activity ; or (2) any motor | 4 | | vehicle of the first division or the second division while that | 5 | | vehicle is being operated by any entity listed in subsection | 6 | | (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code for the purpose of | 7 | | transporting students to or from any agrarian-related school | 8 | | activity .
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 99-888, eff. 1-1-17; 100-667, eff. 1-1-19 .)
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.
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