Full Text of HB3844 97th General Assembly
HB3844 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB3844 Introduced 10/19/2011, by Rep. David Harris 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 a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) may be used to transport students for any curriculum-related activity except for transportation from home to school or from school to home. Provides that a MFSAB authorized to transport students under the new provisions must be operated by a holder of a school bus driver permit and is subject to certain provisions concerning contractual student transfer arrangements, contracts requiring school bus driver permits, liability insurance, and safety testing. 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 may be transported in a multi-function school activity | 14 | | bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code for | 15 | | any curriculum-related activity except for transportation from | 16 | | home to school or from school to home, subject to the following | 17 | | conditions: | 18 | | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under | 19 | | this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus | 20 | | driver permit. | 21 | | (ii) A MFSAB used to transport students under this | 22 | | Section is subject to the requirements of Sections | 23 | | 6-106.11, 6-106.12, 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this |
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| 1 | | Code . "Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this | 2 | | subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school | 3 | | or from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between | 4 | | school attendance centers, transportation to a vocational | 5 | | or career center or other trade-skill development site or a | 6 | | regional safe school or other school-sponsored alternative | 7 | | learning program, or a trip that is directly related to the | 8 | | regular curriculum of a student for which he or she earns | 9 | | credit.
| 10 | | (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any | 11 | | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | 12 | | who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or | 13 | | for a public or private primary or secondary school, including | 14 | | any primary or secondary school operated by a religious | 15 | | institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, | 16 | | or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) | 17 | | does not require student participation as part of the | 18 | | educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated | 19 | | with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall | 20 | | transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in | 21 | | subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection | 22 | | (b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an | 23 | | entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code | 24 | | for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related | 25 | | school activity.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10 .)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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