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Bill	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.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 1643	Illinois SB 1643 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2011-02-09	2011-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/59642b5c-944f-42d2-9b43-4c0d92bf0894	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1643&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57603&SessionID=84&GA=97	964a5d7ae74eb54d46c2e6c90c49e7f9c87466d71cce5f301f839c8f86b25c9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/59642b5c-944f-42d2-9b43-4c0d92bf0894. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).