Bill Text: IL SB3183 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Allows the use of a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) that is manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver, or a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, for the transportation of students in any of grades 9 through 12 for any curriculum-related activity (other than for transportation to and from home on regular bus routes) if the driver (i) holds a minimum of a valid driver's license and (ii) is an employee or contractual employee of the school district or a third-party contractor (rather than allowing the use of an MFSAB for transporting such students only if the driver holds a valid school bus driver permit). Makes a conforming change to the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-13 - Referred to Assignments [SB3183 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3183-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3183 Introduced 1/13/2022, by Sen. John F. Curran SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/29-6.3
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Allows the use of a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) that is manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver, or a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, for the transportation of students in any of grades 9 through 12 for any curriculum-related activity (other than for transportation to and from home on regular bus routes) if the driver (i) holds a minimum of a valid driver's license and (ii) is an employee or contractual employee of the school district or a third-party contractor (rather than allowing the use of an MFSAB for transporting such students only if the driver holds a valid school bus driver permit). Makes a conforming change to the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.
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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 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
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

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that is manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons,
including the driver, or a vehicle manufactured to transport
not more than 10 persons, including the driver, 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) The MFSAB or vehicle may be used to transport
students under this subsection if the driver holds a
minimum of a valid driver's license and is an employee or
contractual employee of the school district or a
third-party contractor. 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.
(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.
(Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19.)

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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
that unless subsection (a-5) of Section 29-6.3 of the School
Code provides otherwise, 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.
(ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject

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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. A student participating in an
agrarian-related activity may also be transported in a second
division pick-up truck registered under paragraph 7 of
subsection (b) of Section 3-808.1. For purposes of this

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subsection, "pick-up truck" means a truck weighing 12,000
pounds or less with an enclosed cabin that can seat up to 6
passengers with seatbelts, including the driver, and an open
cargo area. 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.
(Source: P.A. 102-544, eff. 8-20-21.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.