Bill Amendment: IL HB0302 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH

Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB0302 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB0302-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

Filed: 5/15/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 302
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 302 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"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 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 under Section 10-19.05 shall
transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle

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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.
(a-5) A student in any of grades 9 through 12 may be
transported in a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as
defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code for
any curriculum-related activity except for transportation on
regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home,
subject to the following conditions:
(i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students
under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school
bus driver permit.
(ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject
to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12,
12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
However, the prohibitions in this subsection (a-5) do not
apply to the use of a MFSAB for the transportation of a student
receiving special education service to a community-based
instructional activity or providing intra-district shuttle
services between 2 school facilities in the same school
district.
(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

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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.
(Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19.)
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-1414.1 as follows:
(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, except a
student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of
grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan
(IEP) with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending
Acacia Academy, Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands
Center, Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or
New Horizon Academy may be transported in a multi-function
school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5
of this Code for any curriculum-related activity except for
transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or
from school to home, subject to the following conditions:

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(i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students
under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school
bus driver permit.
(ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject
to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12,
12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code.
However, the prohibitions in this subsection (a) do not
apply to the use of a MFSAB for the transportation of a student
receiving special education service to a community-based
instructional activity or providing intra-district shuttle
services between 2 school facilities in the same school
district.
"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.
(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,

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