Public Act 104-0367
 
SB0851 EnrolledLRB104 07227 LNS 17264 b

    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 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 multifunction multi-function school activity 
bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of the Illinois 
Vehicle Code for any curriculum-related or career-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 
    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.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
changing Sections 1-148.3a-5 and 11-1414.1 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5)
    Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school activity bus. A 
multifunction school activity school-activity bus (MFSAB) 
means a school bus manufactured for the purpose of 
transporting 11 or more persons, including the driver, whose 
purposes do not include transporting students to and from home 
or school bus stops. A MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the 
special requirements for school buses in Sections 12-801, 
12-803, and 12-805 and subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of 
this Code.
(Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10; 97-378, eff. 8-15-11.)
 
    (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 or career-related school 
activity, except a student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a 
student in any of grades K through 12 with an individualized 
education program 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 multifunction multi-function school 
activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this 
Code for any curriculum-related or career-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 
    to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, 
    12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code.
    "Curriculum-related or career-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 
college, university, or student job site developed through a 
partnership with a school, a vocational or career center or 
other trade-skill development site or a regional safe school 
or other school-sponsored alternative learning program, or an 
experience that a school determines will contribute to the 
college or career readiness of a student, 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 
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.)