104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2623 Introduced 3/4/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/29-6.3625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school-activity bus may additionally be used for transportation to a college, university, student job site developed through a partnership with the school, a college or career fair, or an experience that the school determines will contribute to a student's college or career readiness. Amends the School Code to make conforming changes and to provide that a student in any of grades 7 through 12 (instead of grades 9 through 12) may be transported in a multifunction school-activity bus for specified purposes. LRB104 12402 LNS 22669 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2623 Introduced 3/4/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/29-6.3625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 105 ILCS 5/29-6.3 625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5 625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school-activity bus may additionally be used for transportation to a college, university, student job site developed through a partnership with the school, a college or career fair, or an experience that the school determines will contribute to a student's college or career readiness. Amends the School Code to make conforming changes and to provide that a student in any of grades 7 through 12 (instead of grades 9 through 12) may be transported in a multifunction school-activity bus for specified purposes. LRB104 12402 LNS 22669 b LRB104 12402 LNS 22669 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2623 Introduced 3/4/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/29-6.3625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 105 ILCS 5/29-6.3 625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5 625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
105 ILCS 5/29-6.3
625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school-activity bus may additionally be used for transportation to a college, university, student job site developed through a partnership with the school, a college or career fair, or an experience that the school determines will contribute to a student's college or career readiness. Amends the School Code to make conforming changes and to provide that a student in any of grades 7 through 12 (instead of grades 9 through 12) may be transported in a multifunction school-activity bus for specified purposes.
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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
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 29-6.3 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
7 Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified
8 interscholastic or school-sponsored activities.
9 (a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12
10 or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or
11 school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does
12 not require student participation as part of the educational
13 services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the
14 students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5
15 clock hours of instruction under Section 10-19.05 shall
16 transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle
17 manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including
18 the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus
19 manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including
20 the driver.
21 (a-5) A student in any of grades 7 9 through 12 may be
22 transported in a multifunction school-activity multi-function
23 school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2623 Introduced 3/4/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/29-6.3625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1 105 ILCS 5/29-6.3 625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5 625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
105 ILCS 5/29-6.3
625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school-activity bus may additionally be used for transportation to a college, university, student job site developed through a partnership with the school, a college or career fair, or an experience that the school determines will contribute to a student's college or career readiness. Amends the School Code to make conforming changes and to provide that a student in any of grades 7 through 12 (instead of grades 9 through 12) may be transported in a multifunction school-activity bus for specified purposes.
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105 ILCS 5/29-6.3
625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
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1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code for any curriculum-related or
2 career-related activity except for transportation on regular
3 bus routes from home to school or from school to home, subject
4 to the following conditions:
5 (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students
6 under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school
7 bus driver permit.
8 (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject
9 to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12,
10 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of the Illinois Vehicle
11 Code.
12 (b) Any school district furnishing transportation for
13 students under the authority of this Section shall insure
14 against any loss or liability of the district resulting from
15 the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle.
16 (c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section
17 may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as
18 provided in Section 29-5 of this Code.
19 (Source: P.A. 101-12, eff. 7-1-19.)
20 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
21 changing Sections 1-148.3a-5 and 11-1414.1 as follows:
22 (625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5)
23 Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school-activity school
24 activity bus. A multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB)
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1 means a school bus manufactured for the purpose of
2 transporting 11 or more persons, including the driver, whose
3 purposes do not include transporting students to and from home
4 or school bus stops unless authorized by Article XIV of
5 Chapter 11 of this Code or by Section 29-6.3 of the School
6 Code. A MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the special
7 requirements for school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-803, and
8 12-805 and subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of this Code.
9 (Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10; 97-378, eff. 8-15-11.)
10 (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
11 Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
12 (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
13 entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
14 must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in
15 subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of
16 this Code for any curriculum-related or career-related school
17 activity, except a student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a
18 student in any of grades K through 12 with an individualized
19 education program Individualized Education Plan (IEP) with a
20 staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending Acacia Academy,
21 Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands Center, Connections
22 Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or New Horizon Academy
23 may be transported in a multifunction school-activity
24 multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in
25 Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code for any curriculum-related or
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1 career-related activity except for transportation on regular
2 bus routes from home to school or from school to home, subject
3 to the following conditions:
4 (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students
5 under this Section unless the driver holds a valid school
6 bus driver permit.
7 (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject
8 to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12,
9 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code.
10 "Curriculum-related school or career-related activity" as
11 used in this subsection (a) includes transportation from home
12 to school or from school to home, tripper or shuttle service
13 between school attendance centers, transportation to college,
14 university, student job site developed through a partnership
15 with the school, a vocational or career center or other
16 trade-skill development site or a regional safe school or
17 other school-sponsored alternative learning program, or an
18 experience that the school determines will contribute to the
19 college or career readiness of the student or a trip that is
20 directly related to the regular curriculum of a student for
21 which he or she earns credit, or an experience that the school
22 determines will contribute to the college or career readiness
23 of the student.
24 (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
25 entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
26 who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or
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1 for a public or private primary or secondary school, including
2 any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
3 institution, for an interscholastic,
4 interscholastic-athletic, or school-sponsored,
5 noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does not require
6 student participation as part of the educational services of
7 the entity and (ii) is not associated with the students'
8 regular class-for-credit schedule shall transport students
9 only in a school bus or vehicle described in subsection (b) of
10 Section 1-182 of this Code. A student participating in an
11 agrarian-related activity may also be transported in a second
12 division pick-up truck registered under paragraph 7 of
13 subsection (b) of Section 3-808.1. For purposes of this
14 subsection, "pick-up truck" means a truck weighing 12,000
15 pounds or less with an enclosed cabin that can seat up to 6
16 passengers with seatbelts, including the driver, and an open
17 cargo area. This subsection (b) does not apply to any second
18 division vehicle used by an entity listed in subsection (a) of
19 Section 1-182 of this Code for a parade, homecoming, or a
20 similar noncurriculum-related school activity.
21 (Source: P.A. 102-544, eff. 8-20-21.)
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