Full Text of SJR0066 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The transportation of elementary and secondary | 3 | | education students is an important public policy issue; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Whether or not a school district in Illinois may | 5 | | use a multi-function school activity bus for transportation is | 6 | | continually up for debate; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, There is a need for accurate and consistent | 8 | | information regarding the legal and appropriate mode of | 9 | | transportation of students in Kindergarten through 12th grade | 10 | | which is made available to administrators, educators, parents, | 11 | | and transportation companies; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 14 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Task Force on | 15 | | Modes of School Transportation for Elementary and Secondary | 16 | | Education, consisting of members appointed as follows: | 17 | | (1) the State Superintendent of Education or his or her | 18 | | designee; | 19 | | (2) the Secretary of State or his or her designee; |
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| 1 | | (3) the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | 2 | | Transportation or his or her designee; | 3 | | (4) a member of the Senate appointed by the President of | 4 | | the Senate; | 5 | | (5) a member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader | 6 | | of the Senate; | 7 | | (6) a member of the House appointed by the Speaker of the | 8 | | House; | 9 | | (7) a member of the House appointed by the Minority Leader | 10 | | of the House; | 11 | | (8) a representative of ED-RED; | 12 | | (9) a representative of the Illinois Association of Private | 13 | | Special Education Centers; | 14 | | (10) a representative of the Illinois Association of | 15 | | Regional Superintendents of Schools; | 16 | | (11) a representative of the Illinois Education | 17 | | Association; |
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| 1 | | (12) a representative of the Illinois Federation of | 2 | | Teachers; | 3 | | (13) a representative of the Illinois School | 4 | | Transportation Association; | 5 | | (14) a representative of the Large Unit District | 6 | | Association; | 7 | | (15) a representative of the Legislative Education Network | 8 | | of DuPage (LEND); | 9 | | (16) a representative of the South Cooperative | 10 | | Organization for Public Education (SCOPE); | 11 | | (17) a representative from a statewide organization | 12 | | representing principals; | 13 | | (18) a representative from a statewide organization | 14 | | representing superintendents; | 15 | | (19) a representative from a statewide organization | 16 | | representing school board members; and | 17 | | (20) a representative from a statewide organization | 18 | | representing school business officials; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force on Modes of School | 2 | | Transportation for Elementary and Secondary Education shall: | 3 | | (1) be chaired by the Superintendent of the State Board of | 4 | | Education or his or her designee; | 5 | | (2) conduct a thorough review of existing State and federal | 6 | | law regarding the use of the various modes to transport | 7 | | elementary and secondary education students; | 8 | | (3) develop concise and consistent information to be | 9 | | communicated by the State Board of Education, the Illinois | 10 | | Department of Transportation, and the Secretary of State to | 11 | | the public about the legal means by which elementary and | 12 | | secondary education students may be transported such as: | 13 | | a) the type of vehicle and the required equipment to | 14 | | transport elementary and secondary education | 15 | | students; | 16 | | b) the allowed purpose of the transportation and any | 17 | | other limits of transportation of elementary and | 18 | | secondary education students by vehicle type; | 19 | | c) the type of drivers license required to transport |
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| 1 | | elementary and secondary education students; and | 2 | | d) the requirements for driver licensing and vehicle | 3 | | licensing and inspection; and | 4 | | (4) make recommendations to the State Board of Education | 5 | | and the Illinois General Assembly regarding the safe | 6 | | transportation of elementary and secondary education | 7 | | students in our State; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force on the Modes of School | 9 | | Transportation for Elementary and Secondary Education shall | 10 | | seek input from stakeholders and members of the public on the | 11 | | issues to be reviewed and reported on by the Task Force; and be | 12 | | it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That members of the Task Force on Modes of School | 14 | | Transportation for Elementary and Secondary Education shall | 15 | | serve without compensation, and the State Board of Education | 16 | | shall provide administrative and other support to the Task | 17 | | Force; and be it further | 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force on Modes of School | 19 | | Transportation for Elementary and Secondary Education shall | 20 | | meet at the request of the Task Force Chair, but shall meet a | 21 | | minimum of four times prior to September 1, 2017; and be it |
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| 1 | | further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force on Modes of School | 3 | | Transportation for Elementary and Secondary Education shall | 4 | | present its legislative and administrative recommendations to | 5 | | the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, | 6 | | the Speaker of the House, and the Minority Leader of the House | 7 | | no later than September 1, 2017.
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