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HB4697 • 2026
SCH CD-ACTIVE TRANSPORT SAFETY
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SCH CD-ACTIVE TRANSPORT SAFETY
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
To Mandate Subcommittee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education Policy Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Education Policy Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
SCH CD-ACTIVE TRANSPORT SAFETY
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Full Text of HB4697 Home Legislation Full Text HB4697 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB4697 Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/27-23.19 new Amends the School Code. Requires each school district maintaining any elementary grades to provide its public school pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8 with age-appropriate, active-transportation safety training. Sets forth the requirements for the active-transportation safety training. Allows a nonpublic school maintaining any elementary grades to provide its nonpublic school pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8 with active-transportation safety training. Establishes timing requirements for receiving active-transportation safety training for students who have not previously received active-transportation safety training. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to maintain a comprehensive collection of active-transportation safety training materials. Makes other changes. LRB104 15810 LNS 29009 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB4697 LRB104 15810 LNS 29009 b 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 adding Section 5 27-23.19 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/27-23.19 new) 7 Sec. 27-23.19. Active-transportation safety training. 8 (a) As used in this Section, "active transportation" means 9 bicycling, pedestrian activities, and other forms of 10 nonmotorized transportation. 11 (b) Each school district maintaining any elementary grades 12 must provide its public school pupils enrolled in kindergarten 13 through grade 3 with age-appropriate, active-transportation 14 safety training. At a minimum, the active-transportation 15 safety training must include pedestrian safety, including 16 crossing roads. 17 (c) Each school district maintaining any elementary grades 18 must provide its public school pupils enrolled in grades 4 19 through 8 with age-appropriate, active-transportation safety 20 training. At a minimum, the active-transportation safety 21 training must include: 22 (1) pedestrian safety, including crossing roads safely 23 using the technique of searching left, right, and left for HB4697 - 2 - LRB104 15810 LNS 29009 b 1 vehicles in traffic; 2 (2) bicycle safety, including relevant traffic laws, 3 the use and proper fit of protective headgear, bicycle 4 parts and safety features, and safe biking techniques; and 5 (3) electric-assisted bicycle safety, including that a 6 person under the age of 16 is not allowed to operate an 7 electric-assisted bicycle. 8 (d) A nonpublic school maintaining any elementary grades 9 may provide its nonpublic school pupils enrolled in 10 kindergarten through grade 8 with active-transportation safety 11 training as specified in subsections (b) and (c). 12 (e) Students under subsection (b) who are enrolled during 13 the first or second week of school and have not previously 14 received active-transportation safety training as specified in 15 subsection (b) must receive the active-transportation safety 16 training by the end of the third week of school. 17 (f) Students under subsection (c) who are enrolled during 18 the first or second week of school and have not previously 19 received active-transportation safety training as specified in 20 subsection (c) must receive the active-transportation safety 21 training by the end of the sixth week of school. 22 (g) Students under subsection (b) or (c) who enroll in a 23 school after the second week of school and have not received 24 the appropriate active-transportation safety training from 25 their previous school must undergo the training or receive 26 active-transportation safety instructional materials within 4 HB4697 - 3 - LRB104 15810 LNS 29009 b 1 weeks after the first day of attendance. 2 (h) A school district and a nonpublic school may provide 3 kindergarten pupils with active-transportation safety training 4 under this Section before the first day of school. 5 (i) A school district may provide active-transportation 6 safety training under this Section through an online program 7 or course. 8 (j) A school district and a nonpublic school must make 9 reasonable accommodations under this Section for the 10 active-transportation safety training of pupils known to speak 11 English as a second language and pupils with disabilities. 12 (k) The Secretary of Transportation must maintain a 13 comprehensive collection of active-transportation safety 14 training materials that meets the requirements of this 15 Section. 16 (l) This Section is in addition to any other 17 transportation-safety training laws. 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