IL HB1250

Expands school board authority to provide free transportation for students facing safety hazards by reducing the distance threshold from 1.5 miles to 0.5 miles from school

Applies to situations where walking to school, a pick-up point, or bus stop poses serious safety hazards due to vehicular traffic, rail crossings, or patterns of criminal activity

Maintains existing requirements that certain school district types (community consolidated, community unit, consolidated high school, etc.) must provide free transportation for students living 1.5+ miles from their assigned school

School boards determine safety hazards following Illinois Department of Transportation guidelines for traffic/rail issues or local law enforcement guidelines for criminal activity patterns

Requires annual review by school boards to assess whether hazardous conditions remain, with state agencies authorized to verify unchanged conditions