---
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).