Public Act 096-0410
 
HB3982 Enrolled LRB096 03622 NHT 13650 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
29-6.3 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
    Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified
interscholastic or school-sponsored school sponsored
activities.
    (a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12
or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or
school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does
not require student participation as part of the educational
services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the
students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5
clock hours of instruction shall transport the students only in
a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than
10 persons, including the driver, or a multifunction
school-activity bus manufactured to transport not more than 15
persons, including the driver.
    (b) Any school district furnishing transportation for
students under the authority of this Section shall insure
against any loss or liability of the district resulting from
the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle.
    (c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section
may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as
provided in Section 29-5 of this Code. Any school district may
transport not more than 15 students to and from an
interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school
sponsored activity in a motor vehicle designed for the
transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons,
commonly referred to as a van, provided that the van is
operated by or for the district and provided further that any
school district furnishing transportation for students under
the authority of this Section shall insure against any loss or
liability of the district resulting from the maintenance,
operation, or use of the vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95; 89-608, eff. 8-2-96;
89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 1-148.3a-5 and by changing Sections 1-182, 11-1414.1,
12-802, and 12-821 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5 new)
    Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school activity bus. A
multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB) means a school bus
manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 to 15 persons,
including the driver, whose purposes do not include
transporting students to and from home or school bus stops. A
MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the special requirements for
school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-803, and 12-805 and
subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of this Code.
 
    (625 ILCS 5/1-182)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-182)
    Sec. 1-182. School bus.
    (a) "School bus" means every motor vehicle, except as
provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, owned or operated by
or for any of the following entities for the transportation of
persons regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below in
connection with any activity of such entity:
    Any public or private primary or secondary school;
    Any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
institution; or
    Any public, private or religious nursery school.
    (b) This definition shall not include the following:
        1. A bus operated by a public utility, municipal
    corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local
    or interurban transportation of passengers when such bus is
    not traveling a specific school bus route but is:
        On a regularly scheduled route for the transportation
    of other fare paying passengers;
        Furnishing charter service for the transportation of
    groups on field trips or other special trips or in
    connection with other special events; or
        Being used for shuttle service between attendance
    centers or other educational facilities.
        2. A motor vehicle of the First Division.
        3. A multifunction school-activity bus. A motor
    vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than 7
    nor more than 16 persons that is operated by or for a
    public or private primary or secondary school, including
    any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
    institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than
    15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other
    interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
    Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
    (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in
subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of
this Code for any curriculum-related school activity.
"Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this
subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or
from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school
attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career
center or other trade-skill development site or a regional safe
school or other school-sponsored alternative learning program,
or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of
a student for which he or she earns credit. Every student
enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in paragraph
(a) of Section 1-182 of this Code who is transported in a
second division motor vehicle owned or operated by or for that
entity, in connection with any official activity of such
entity, must be transported in a school bus or a bus described
in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of Section 1-182.
    (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or
for a public or private primary or secondary school, including
any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic,
or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i)
does not require student participation as part of the
educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated
with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall
transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in
subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection
(b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related
school activity. This Section shall not apply to any second
division vehicle being used by such entity in a parade,
homecoming or similar school activity, nor to a motor vehicle
designed for the transportation of not less than 7 nor more
than 16 persons while that vehicle is being operated by or for
a public or private primary or secondary school, including any
primary or secondary school operated by a religious
institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than 15
students to and from interscholastic athletic or other
interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-802)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-802)
    Sec. 12-802. Identification.
    (a) Each school bus shall have the sign "SCHOOL BUS"
painted on both the front and rear of the bus as high as
practicable in letters at least 8 inches high.
    (b) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus
(MFSAB) shall have the The vehicle weight and the vehicle
maximum passenger capacity recommended by the manufacturer of
the bus, which shall be based upon provision for 13 inches of
seating space for each passenger exclusive of the driver, shall
be painted on the body to the left of the service door in
letters at least 2 inches high. The name of the owner or the
entity or both for which the school bus or MFSAB is operated or
both shall be painted in a contrasting color on both sides,
centered as high as practicable below the window line, in
letters at least 4 inches high. An A school bus identification
number shall be painted as high as practicable on both the
front and rear of the school bus or MFSAB in letters at least 4
inches high.
    (c) Decals may be used instead of painting under this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 82-111.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-821)
    Sec. 12-821. Display of telephone number; complaint calls.
    (a) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus
shall display at the rear of the bus a sign, with letters and
numerals readily visible and readable, indicating the
telephone number of the owner of the school bus, regardless of
whether the owner is a school district or another person or
entity. The sign shall indicate that the number is to be called
to report erratic driving by the school bus driver.
    (b) The owner of each school bus or multifunction
school-activity bus shall establish procedures for accepting
the calls provided for under subsection (a) and for taking
complaints.
    (c) The procedures established under subsection (b) shall
include, but not be limited to:
        (1) an internal investigation of the events that led to
    each complaint; and
        (2) a report to the complaining party on the results of
    the investigation and the action taken, if any.
(Source: P.A. 95-176, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.33 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
    Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2010.