103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2235

 

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/29-6.1  from Ch. 122, par. 29-6.1

    Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. Provides that school boards may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed appropriate by those school boards (rather than for up to 3 years) for transportation of pupils to and from school, except that no contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10 years (rather than allowing such contracts to be extended for up to 2 additional years by mutual agreement of the parties and thereafter extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the parties, unless a school board receives a timely request from another interested contractor that a contract be let by bid). Requires all contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil transportation to include a termination option after 5 years. Allows contract opener clauses for any purpose to be included in the contract. Provides that a contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
529-6.1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/29-6.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 29-6.1)
7    Sec. 29-6.1. Contracts for transportation. Subject to
8Section 6-106.11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, school boards
9may enter into contracts for any period of time deemed
10appropriate by those school boards up to 3 years for
11transportation of pupils to and from school; however, no
12contract, inclusive of any proposed renewals, may exceed 10
13years. All contracts for a period of time greater than 5 years
14that do not include the use of electric vehicles for pupil
15transportation shall include a termination option after 5
16years. Nothing in this Section prohibits contract opener
17clauses for any purpose from being included in the contract. A
18contract for pupil transportation that utilizes a significant
19percentage of electric vehicles may be entered into by a
20school board for up to 15 years if the contract relies on
21capital or infrastructure purchases or improvements that
22cannot reasonably be justified in a shorter-term contract.
23Such contracts may be extended for up to 2 additional years by

 

 

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1mutual agreement of the parties, and thereafter may be
2extended on a year-to-year basis by mutual agreement of the
3parties, however no such contract may be extended on a
4year-to-year basis if a school board receives a timely request
5from another interested contractor that a contract be let by
6bid.
7(Source: P.A. 84-768.)