Full Text of SJR0064 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly recently passed | 3 | | Senate Bill 1582, which allows students kindergarten through | 4 | | 12th grade with an Individualized Education Plan, a student to | 5 | | staff ratio of five to one, or are attending Acacia Academy, | 6 | | Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands Center, Connections | 7 | | Organization, or New Horizon Academy to be transported in a | 8 | | multi-function school activity bus for any curriculum-related | 9 | | activity except for transportation on regular bus routes from | 10 | | home to school or from school to home; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The use of multi-function school activity buses in | 12 | | Illinois has been based on the recommendations of the National | 13 | | Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The National Highway Traffic Safety | 15 | | Administration has reported that its data indicates that | 16 | | "pre-primary, elementary, and secondary schools should not use | 17 | | 12- or 15-passenger vans for transporting students because they | 18 | | do not provide the same level of safety as school buses meeting | 19 | | NHTSA's safety standards"; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The safe transportation of elementary and | 21 | | secondary education students is an important public policy | 22 | | issue; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 3 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Task Force on | 4 | | Modes of School Transportation for Elementary and Secondary | 5 | | Education, consisting of members appointed as follows: the | 6 | | State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee, who | 7 | | shall serve as chair; the Secretary of State or his or her | 8 | | designee; the Secretary of Transportation or his or her | 9 | | designee; a member of the Illinois Senate appointed by the | 10 | | President of the Senate; a member of the Illinois Senate | 11 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; a member of the | 12 | | Illinois House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of | 13 | | the House; a member of the Illinois House of Representatives | 14 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; a representative | 15 | | of ED-RED; a representative of the Illinois Association of | 16 | | Private Special Education Centers; a representative of the | 17 | | Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools; a | 18 | | representative of the Illinois Education Association; a | 19 | | representative of the Illinois Federation of Teachers; a | 20 | | representative of the Illinois School Transportation | 21 | | Association; a representative of the Large Unit District | 22 | | Association; a representative of the Legislative Education | 23 | | Network of DuPage; a representative of the South Cooperative | 24 | | Organization for Public Education; and a representative of the | 25 | | Statewide School Management Association; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall conduct a thorough | 2 | | review of existing State and federal laws regarding the use of | 3 | | the various modes to transport elementary and secondary | 4 | | education students and develop concise and consistent | 5 | | information to be communicated by the State Board of Education, | 6 | | the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Secretary of | 7 | | State to the public about the legal means by which elementary | 8 | | and secondary education students may be transported, such as | 9 | | the type of vehicle and the required equipment to transport | 10 | | elementary and secondary education students, the allowed | 11 | | purpose of the transportation and any other limits of | 12 | | transportation of elementary and secondary education students | 13 | | by vehicle type, the type of driver's license required to | 14 | | transport elementary and secondary education students, and the | 15 | | requirements for driver licensing and vehicle licensing and | 16 | | inspection; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall seek input from | 18 | | stakeholders and members of the public on the issues to be | 19 | | reviewed and reported on by the Task Force; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | 21 | | without compensation; the State Board of Education shall | 22 | | provide administrative and other support to the Task Force; and | 23 | | be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at the request of | 2 | | the Task Force Chair, but shall meet a minimum of four times | 3 | | prior to September 1, 2017; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall present its legislative | 5 | | and administrative recommendations to the President of the | 6 | | Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the | 7 | | House, and the Minority Leader of the House no later than | 8 | | September 1, 2017.
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