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| Public Act 094-0426 |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
27-23 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/27-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-23)
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Sec. 27-23. Motor Vehicle Code. The curriculum in all | ||||
public schools
shall include a course dealing with the content | ||||
of Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15,
and 16 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||||
Code, the rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to those | ||||
Chapters insofar as they pertain to the operation of motor | ||||
vehicles,
and the portions of the Litter Control Act relating | ||||
to the operation of motor
vehicles. Instruction shall be given | ||||
in safety education in each grade, 1
through 8, equivalent to 1 | ||||
class period each week, and in at least 1 of the
years in | ||||
grades 10 through 12. The course of instruction required of | ||||
each
eligible student at the high school level shall consist of | ||||
a minimum of 30
clock hours of classroom instruction taught by | ||||
a certified high school teacher
who has acquired special | ||||
qualifications as required for participation under the
terms of | ||||
Section 27-24.2 of this Act. Each school district maintaining
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grades 9 through 12: (i) shall provide the classroom course for | ||||
each public
and non-public high school student resident of the | ||||
school district who either
has received a passing grade in at | ||||
least 8 courses during the previous 2
semesters or has received | ||||
a waiver of that requirement from the local
superintendent of | ||||
schools (with respect to a public high school student) or
chief | ||||
school administrator (with respect to a non-public high school | ||||
student),
as provided in Section 27-24.2, and for each | ||||
out-of-school resident of the
district between the age of 15 | ||||
and 21 years who requests the classroom course,
and (ii) may | ||||
provide such classroom course for any resident of the district
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over age 55 who requests the classroom course, but only if | ||
space therein
remains available after all eligible public and | ||
non-public high school student
residents and out-of-school | ||
residents between the age of 15 and 21 who request
such course | ||
have registered therefor, and only if such resident of the | ||
district
over age 55 has not previously been licensed as a | ||
driver under the laws of this
or any other state or country. | ||
Each school district (i) shall provide an
approved course in | ||
practice driving consisting of a minimum of 6 clock hours of
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individual behind-the-wheel instruction or its equivalent in a | ||
car, as
determined by the State Board of Education, for each | ||
eligible resident of the
district between the age of 15 and 21 | ||
years who has started an approved high
school classroom driver | ||
education course on request, and (ii) may provide such
approved | ||
course in practice driving for any resident of the district | ||
over age
55 on request and without regard to whether or not | ||
such resident has started
any high school classroom driver | ||
education course, but only if space therein
remains available | ||
after all eligible residents of the district between the ages
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of 15 and 21 years who have started an approved classroom | ||
driver education
course and who request such course in practice | ||
driving have registered
therefor, and only if such resident of | ||
the district over age 55 has not
previously been licensed as a | ||
driver under the laws of this or any other state
or country. | ||
Subject to rules and regulations of the State Board of | ||
Education,
the district may charge a reasonable fee, not to | ||
exceed
$50, to students who
participate in the course, unless a | ||
student is unable to pay for such a course,
in which event the | ||
fee for such a student shall be waived. The total amount from | ||
driver education fees and reimbursement from the State for | ||
driver education must not exceed the total cost of the driver | ||
education program in any year and must be deposited into the | ||
school district's driver education fund as a separate line item | ||
budget entry. All moneys deposited into the school district's | ||
driver education fund must be used solely for the funding of a | ||
high school driver education program approved by the State | ||
Board of Education that uses instructors certified by the State | ||
Board of Education. If
; provided, that if a
district provides | ||
the classroom or practice driving course or both of such
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courses to any residents of the district over age 55, the | ||
district may charge
such residents a fee in any amount up to | ||
but not exceeding the actual cost of
the course or courses in | ||
which such residents participate. The course of
instruction | ||
given in grades 10 through 12 shall include an emphasis on the
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development of knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills | ||
necessary for the safe
operation of motor vehicles including | ||
motorcycles insofar as they can be taught
in the classroom, and | ||
in addition the course shall include instruction on
special | ||
hazards existing at, and required extra safety and driving | ||
precautions
that must be observed at, emergency situations, | ||
highway construction and
maintenance zones, and
railroad | ||
crossings and the approaches thereto.
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(Source: P.A. 92-497, eff. 11-29-01.)
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