SB 69 — SCH CD-DRIVER EDUCATION FEE
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0426
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 26, 2005. Enacted.
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1 sponsor
0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning driver education, removes the $50 limit on the amount that a school district may charge a participant.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
17 added · 17 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendment to Bill SB 69 changed the maximum fee for driver education courses from $300 to $50 for students. This reduction makes driver education more affordable, helping ensure that cost is less of a barrier for families. Additionally, funds collected for these courses must be specifically allocated to the district's driver education program, ensuring that the money is used directly to support student education in this area. Such changes are important as they aim to increase access to driver education and enhance financial accountability within school districts.
SB0069 EngrossedEnrolled LRB094 04244 NHT 34268 b AN ACT concerning education.
(i) shall provide the classroom course for each public and non-public high school student resident of the school district who either has received a passing grade in at least 8 courses during the previous 2 semesters or has received a waiver of that requirement from the local superintendent of schools (with respect to a public high school student) or chief school administrator (with respect to a non-public high school student), as provided in Section 27-24.2, and for each out-of-school resident of the district between the age of 15 and 21 years who requests the classroom course, and (ii) may provide such classroom course for any resident of the district SB0069 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB094 04244 NHT 34268 b over age 55 who requests the classroom course, but only if space therein remains available after all eligible public and non-public high school student residents and out-of-school residents between the age of 15 and 21 who request such course have registered therefor, and only if such resident of the district over age 55 has not previously been licensed as a driver under the laws of this or any other state or country.
Subject to rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, the district may charge a reasonable fee, not to exceed $300 $50, to students who participate in the course, unless a student is unable to pay for such a course, in which event the fee for such a student shall be waived.waived .
All moneys deposited into the school district’s driver education fund must be used solely for the funding of a high school driver education program approved by the State SB0069 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB094 04244 NHT 34268 b the State Board of Education that uses instructors certified by the State Board of Education.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0426
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Effective Date January 1, 2006
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Education; 010-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Education
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Bill Brady
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 24, 2005.
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Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-014-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 017-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
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Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 17, 2005
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Brady
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Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 051-007-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Brady
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Recalled to Second Reading
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Education; 008-000-000
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Brady
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2005
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Second Reading
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 17, 2005
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Do Pass Education; 009-002-000
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Assigned to Education
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Brady
Sponsors
- Bill Brady · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 2 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- Bill Brady
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 182 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Wilhelmi | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Dahl | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Not Voting |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Not Voting |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 91 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 99 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 84% | 12% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Nay |
| Schock | — | Nay |
| Scully | — | Not Voting |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Beiser | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Nay |
| Myers | — | Nay |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Jenisch | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Chavez | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Not Voting |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Nay |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Nay |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Nay |
| Davis, Monique | — | Not Voting |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Nay |
| Tryon | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| D'Amico | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Nay |
| Franks | — | Nay |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Nay |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Nay |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Reis | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Nay |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Nay |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 51 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 86% | 12% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Nay |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Dahl | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Wilhelmi | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Nay |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Nay |
| Watson | — | Nay |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Nay |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Nay |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Nay |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 69 do?
- Amends the School Code. In a provision concerning driver education, removes the $50 limit on the amount that a school district may charge a participant.
- Who sponsors SB 69?
- SB 69 is sponsored by Bill Brady.
- What is the current status of SB 69?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 26, 2005. Enacted.
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