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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SCH CD-INCREASE DRIVER ED FEE"
+description: "Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may increase its driver education course fee to an amount not to exceed $250 (from $50) by school board resolution following a public hearing on the increase. Provides that the increased fee must be waived for students who participate in the course and are unable to pay for the course. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "SB 1643"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1643 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-02-09"
+last_action: "2011-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59642b5c-944f-42d2-9b43-4c0d92bf0894"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1643&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57603&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "964a5d7ae74eb54d46c2e6c90c49e7f9c87466d71cce5f301f839c8f86b25c9e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 1643 (97th) — SCH CD-INCREASE DRIVER ED FEE
+
+Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may increase its driver education course fee to an amount not to exceed $250 (from $50) by school board resolution following a public hearing on the increase. Provides that the increased fee must be waived for students who participate in the course and are unable to pay for the course. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1643&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57603&DocNum=1643&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1643eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57603&DocNum=1643&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1643enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57603&DocNum=1643&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **35–10** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **79–35** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
+- **2011-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-23** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
+- **2011-03-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John M. Sullivan
+- **2011-03-01** Do Pass Education; 007-001-002 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
+- **2011-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2011
+- **2011-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 035-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2011-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
+- **2011-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-11** Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 015-003-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-05-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-035-001 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-05-05** Passed Both Houses
+- **2011-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
+- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0145 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59642b5c-944f-42d2-9b43-4c0d92bf0894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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