Sherman v. Township High School District 214 

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Education
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 1-09-2746
Decision Date: 
Thursday, September 30, 2010
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 6th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
ROBERT E. GORDON
Plaintiff filed declaratory judgment action asserting that $350 fee for drivers education course was unauthorized under the Illinois Administrative Code and the free education clause of the Illinois Constitution. School District was a proper party to suit, but State Board of Education was not. Drivers education fee was not covered by the free education clause of the Illinois Constitution. School Code's language that the school district may charge a reasonable fee illustrates that drivers education was never intended to be free. (CAHILL and McBRIDE, concurring.)