103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2825 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring a school district to provide free transportation for pupils residing one and one-half miles or more from school, provides that a pupil's parent or guardian may designate more than one home for the pupil if the parent or guardian has shared custody of the pupil at a different address within the district. LRB103 36736 RJT 66846 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2825 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring a school district to provide free transportation for pupils residing one and one-half miles or more from school, provides that a pupil's parent or guardian may designate more than one home for the pupil if the parent or guardian has shared custody of the pupil at a different address within the district. LRB103 36736 RJT 66846 b LRB103 36736 RJT 66846 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2825 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3
105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3
Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring a school district to provide free transportation for pupils residing one and one-half miles or more from school, provides that a pupil's parent or guardian may designate more than one home for the pupil if the parent or guardian has shared custody of the pupil at a different address within the district.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 29-3 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/29-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-3)
7 Sec. 29-3. Transportation in school districts. School
8 boards of community consolidated districts, community unit
9 districts, consolidated districts, consolidated high school
10 districts, optional elementary unit districts, combined high
11 school - unit districts, combined school districts if the
12 combined district includes any district which was previously
13 required to provide transportation, and any newly created
14 elementary or high school districts resulting from a high
15 school - unit conversion, a unit to dual conversion, or a
16 multi-unit conversion if the newly created district includes
17 any area that was previously required to provide
18 transportation shall provide free transportation for pupils
19 residing at a distance of one and one-half miles or more from
20 any school to which they are assigned for attendance
21 maintained within the district, except for those pupils for
22 whom the school board shall certify to the State Board of
23 Education that adequate transportation for the public is
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2825 Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3
105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3
Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. In provisions requiring a school district to provide free transportation for pupils residing one and one-half miles or more from school, provides that a pupil's parent or guardian may designate more than one home for the pupil if the parent or guardian has shared custody of the pupil at a different address within the district.
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1 available.
2 For the purpose of this Act 1 1/2 miles distance shall be
3 from the exit of the property where the pupil resides to the
4 point where pupils are normally unloaded at the school
5 attended; such distance shall be measured by determining the
6 shortest distance on normally traveled roads or streets.
7 Such school board may comply with the provisions of this
8 Section by providing free transportation for pupils to and
9 from an assigned school and a pick-up point located not more
10 than one and one-half miles from the home of each pupil
11 assigned to such point. A pupil's parent or guardian may
12 designate more than one home for the pupil for the purposes of
13 this Section if the parent or guardian has shared custody of
14 the pupil at a different address within the district.
15 For the purposes of this Act "adequate transportation for
16 the public" shall be assumed to exist for such pupils as can
17 reach school by walking, one way, along normally traveled
18 roads or streets less than 1 1/2 miles irrespective of the
19 distance the pupil is transported by public transportation.
20 In addition to the other requirements of this Section,
21 each school board may provide free transportation for any
22 pupil residing within 1 1/2 miles from the school attended
23 where conditions are such that walking, either to or from the
24 school to which a pupil is assigned for attendance or to or
25 from a pick-up point or bus stop, constitutes a serious hazard
26 to the safety of the pupil due to either (i) vehicular traffic
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1 or rail crossings or (ii) a course or pattern of criminal
2 activity, as defined in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
3 Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act. Such transportation shall
4 not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is
5 available.
6 The determination as to what constitutes a serious safety
7 hazard shall be made by the school board, in accordance with
8 guidelines promulgated by the Illinois Department of
9 Transportation regarding vehicular traffic or rail crossings
10 or in accordance with guidelines regarding a course or pattern
11 of criminal activity, as determined by the local law
12 enforcement agency, in consultation with the State
13 Superintendent of Education. A school board, on written
14 petition of the parent or guardian of a pupil for whom adequate
15 transportation for the public is alleged not to exist because
16 the pupil is required to walk along normally traveled roads or
17 streets where walking is alleged to constitute a serious
18 safety hazard due to either (i) vehicular traffic or rail
19 crossings or (ii) a course or pattern of criminal activity, or
20 who is required to walk between the pupil's home and assigned
21 school or between the pupil's home or assigned school and a
22 pick-up point or bus stop along roads or streets where walking
23 is alleged to constitute a serious safety hazard due to either
24 (i) vehicular traffic or rail crossings or (ii) a course or
25 pattern of criminal activity, shall conduct a study and make
26 findings, which the Department of Transportation, with respect
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1 to vehicular traffic or rail crossings, or the State Board of
2 Education, in consultation with the local law enforcement
3 agency, with respect to a course or pattern of criminal
4 activity, shall review and approve or disapprove as provided
5 in this Section, to determine whether a serious safety hazard
6 exists as alleged in the petition. The Department of
7 Transportation shall review the findings of the school board
8 concerning vehicular traffic or rail crossings and shall
9 approve or disapprove the school board's determination that a
10 serious safety hazard exists within 30 days after the school
11 board submits its findings to the Department of
12 Transportation. The State Board of Education, in consultation
13 with the local law enforcement agency, shall review the
14 findings of the school board concerning a course or pattern of
15 criminal activity and shall approve or disapprove the school
16 board's determination that a serious safety hazard exists
17 within 30 days after the school board submits its findings to
18 the State Board. The school board shall annually review the
19 conditions and determine whether or not the hazardous
20 conditions remain unchanged. The State Superintendent of
21 Education may request that the Illinois Department of
22 Transportation or the local law enforcement agency verify that
23 the conditions have not changed. No action shall lie against
24 the school board, the State Superintendent of Education, the
25 Illinois Department of Transportation, the State Board of
26 Education, or a local law enforcement agency for decisions
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