Bill Text: IL SB0088 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that employees of regional offices of education, intermediate services centers, school districts, and any contracting agency, along with workers from child welfare agencies with open cases involving the student, may transport a student to and from school in a first division vehicle if proof of insurance not less than $300,000 per incident and $100,000 per person is on record with the employer of the driver of the vehicle.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0088 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0088-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB0088 Introduced 1/23/2019, by Sen. Steve Stadelman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/6-104 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that employees of regional offices of education, intermediate services centers, school districts, and any contracting agency, along with workers from child welfare agencies with open cases involving the student, may transport a student to and from school in a first division vehicle if proof of insurance not less than $300,000 per incident and $100,000 per person is on record with the employer of the driver of the vehicle.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Sections 6-104 and 11-1414.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104)
Sec. 6-104. Classification of Driver - Special
Restrictions.
(a) A driver's license issued under the authority of this
Act shall indicate the classification for which the applicant
therefor has qualified by examination or by such other means
that the Secretary of State shall prescribe. Driver's license
classifications shall be prescribed by rule or regulation
promulgated by the Secretary of State and such may specify
classifications as to operation of motor vehicles of the first
division, or of those of the second division, whether operated
singly or in lawful combination, and whether for-hire or
not-for-hire, and may specify such other classifications as the
Secretary deems necessary.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such person
has a valid license with a proper classification to permit the
operation of such vehicle, except that any person may operate a
moped if such person has a valid current Illinois driver's

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license, regardless of classification.
(b) No person who is under the age of 21 years or has had
less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive: (1) in
connection with the operation of any school, day camp, summer
camp, or nursery school, any public or private motor vehicle
for transporting children to or from any school, day camp,
summer camp, or nursery school, or (2) any motor vehicle of the
second division when in use for the transportation of persons
for compensation.
(c) No person who is under the age of 18 years shall be
issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
hire, or for the purpose of transporting persons for
compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
(d) Except as provided in Section 11-1414.1, no No person
shall drive: (1) a school bus when transporting school children
unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
training prior to routine operation of a school bus, by a
person who has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
least one year; or (2) any other vehicle owned or operated by
or for a public or private school, or a school operated by a
religious institution, where such vehicle is being used over a
regularly scheduled route for the transportation of persons
enrolled as a student in grade 12 or below, in connection with
any activity of the entities unless such person possesses a
valid school bus driver permit.

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(d-5) No person may drive a bus that does not meet the
special requirements for school buses provided in Sections
12-801, 12-802, 12-803, and 12-805 of this Code that has been
chartered for the sole purpose of transporting students
regularly enrolled in grade 12 or below to or from
interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school
sponsored activities unless the person has a valid and properly
classified commercial driver's license as provided in
subsection (c-1) of Section 6-508 of this Code in addition to
any other permit or license that is required to operate that
bus. This subsection (d-5) does not apply to any bus driver
employed by a public transportation provider authorized to
conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when
the bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but is on
a regularly scheduled route for the transporting of other fare
paying passengers.
A person may operate a chartered bus described in this
subsection (d-5) if he or she is not disqualified from driving
a chartered bus of that type and if he or she holds a CDL that
is:
(1) issued to him or her by any other state or
jurisdiction in accordance with 49 CFR 383;
(2) not suspended, revoked, or canceled; and
(3) valid under 49 CFR 383, subpart F, for the type of
vehicle being driven.
A person may also operate a chartered bus described in this

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subsection (d-5) if he or she holds a valid CDL and a valid
school bus driver permit that was issued on or before December
31, 2003.
(e) No person shall drive a religious organization bus
unless such person has a valid and properly classified drivers
license or a valid school bus driver permit.
(f) No person shall drive a motor vehicle for the purpose
of providing transportation for the elderly in connection with
the activities of any public or private organization unless
such person has a valid and properly classified driver's
license issued by the Secretary of State.
(g) No person shall drive a bus which meets the special
requirements for school buses provided in Section 12-801,
12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code for the purpose of
transporting persons 18 years of age or less in connection with
any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or any child
care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 unless
such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit or is
accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
training prior to routine operation of a school bus, by a
person who has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
least one year; however, a person who has a valid and properly
classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State
may operate a school bus for the purpose of transporting
persons 18 years of age or less in connection with any such
youth camp or child care facility if the "SCHOOL BUS" signs are

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covered or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing
signal systems are not operable through normal controls.
(h) No person shall operate an autocycle unless he or she
has a valid Class D driver's license.
(Source: P.A. 98-777, eff. 1-1-15.)
(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:
(i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under
this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus
driver permit.

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(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.
"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, 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

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school activity.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section,
employees of regional offices of education, intermediate
services centers, school districts, and any contracting
agency, along with workers from child welfare agencies with
open cases involving the student, may transport a student to
and from school in a first division vehicle if proof of
insurance not less than $300,000 per incident and $100,000 per
person is on record with the employer of the driver of the
vehicle.
(Source: P.A. 99-888, eff. 1-1-17; 100-667, eff. 1-1-19.)