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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 11-1414.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
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| 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 in grade 9 through 12 may be transported in a |
| 14 | | multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in |
| 15 | | Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code for any curriculum-related |
| 16 | | activity except for transportation from home to school or from |
| 17 | | school to home, subject to the following 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.
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| 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.
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| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10.)
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