Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 120 - PUPIL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT › Subpart B - CUSTODIAN REIMBURSEMENT FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION › Section 120.200 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Affidavit" means a written statement signed by the custodian
				  in which it is stated that to the best knowledge and belief of the custodian,
				  the pupil transportation expenses claimed for the school year indicated are
				  accurate.
"Contemporaneous records" means documentary evidence of
				  expenditures or mileage accumulated for pupil transportation, such as cancelled
				  checks, receipts from public or private carriers, or calculations based on
				  odometer readings.
"Custodian"
means
an Illinois
				  resident who is
the parent, or parents, or legal guardian of a
				  qualifying pupil
(Section 29-5.2 of the School
				  Code)
.
"Full-time pupil enrolled in kindergarten" means a pupil
				  enrolled either in a full-day or a half-day kindergarten program.
"11/2 miles distance" means the distance
from the
				  exit of the property where the pupil resides to the point where pupils are
				  normally unloaded at the school attended; that distance shall be measured by
				  determining the shortest distance on normally traveled roads or
				  streets.
(Section 29-3 of the School Code)
"Qualifying pupil" means an individual who:
is a resident of the State of Illinois;
				  and
is under the age of 21 at the close of the school
				  year for which reimbursement is sought; and
during the school year for which reimbursement is
				  sought, was a full-time pupil enrolled in a kindergarten through 12th grade
				  educational program; and
either:
did not live within 11/2 miles from the school in
				  which the pupil was enrolled or have access to transportation provided entirely
				  at public expense to and from that school and a point within 11/2 miles of the
				  pupil's residence, measured in a manner consistent with
				  Section
29-3
of the School Code
;
				  or
lived within 11/2 miles from the school in which the
				  pupil was enrolled as measured in a manner consistent with Section 29-3 of the
				  School Code and either:
attends public school in a school district organized
				  under Article 34 of the School Code and must walk or otherwise travel along a
				  safe passage route, as designated by the school board, to reach school or
				  return home; or
did not have access to transportation provided
				  entirely at public expense to and from that school, and conditions were such
				  that walking would have constituted a serious hazard to the safety of the pupil
				  due to vehicular traffic or railroad crossings
(Sections 29-3 and
				  29-5.2 of the School Code)
.
"Qualified transportation expenses"
means costs
				  reasonably incurred by the custodian to transport, for the purposes of
				  attending regularly scheduled day-time classes, a qualifying pupil between the
				  qualifying pupil's residence and the school at which the qualifying pupil is
				  enrolled and shall include automobile expenses at the standard mileage rate
				  allowed by the United States Internal Revenue Service as reimbursement for
				  business transportation expense, as well as payments to mass transit carriers
				  or private carriers and contractual fees for transportation
(Section
				  29-5.2 of the School Code)
.
"Regional office of education" has the meaning set forth in
				  Article 3A of the School Code [105 ILCS 5 /Art. 3A] and includes the chief
				  administrative officer of the educational service centers established pursuant
				  to Section 2-3.62 of the School Code [105 ILCS
				  5/2-3.62 ].
"Regularly scheduled daytime classes" means classes that are
				  scheduled during the normal school day as defined by the district, are taken
				  for academic credit, or count towards graduation. Elective or extracurricular
				  classes that are held outside the normal school day are not "regularly
				  scheduled daytime classes".
"School"
means a public or nonpublic elementary or
				  secondary school in Illinois, attendance at which satisfies the requirements of
				  Section
26-1 of the School Code [105
				  ILCS 5/26-1 ] (Section 29-5.2(b)(3) of the School
				  Code).
"Serious safety hazard" means conditions in which
walking would have constituted a serious hazard to the safety of the
				  pupil due to vehicular traffic or railroad crossings, as determined by the
				  Illinois Department of Transportation
pursuant to 92 Ill. Adm. Code
				  557 (Custodial Transportation of Pupils Where Walking Constitutes a Serious
				  Safety Hazard) (Section 29-3 of the School Code).