SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 3004
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 120930
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11  Senator Sebesta moved the following amendment to amendment
12  (652510):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 12, between lines 13 and 14,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 55.  (1)  Each district school board and county
19  supervisor of elections shall cooperate to provide voter
20  education to high-school students who are in grade 12. The
21  voter education shall be in the form of a presentation and is
22  mandatory for public high schools and voluntary for nonpublic
23  high schools. Each supervisor of elections shall conduct the
24  presentation for the public high schools and, upon request,
25  the nonpublic high schools.
26         (2)  The voter education must include information
27  concerning:
28         (a)  How to register to vote and preregister.
29         (b)  The operation of voting machines.
30         (c)  How, when, and where to vote.
31         (d)  The importance of voting.
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 3004 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 120930 1 (3) The voter education program must provide students 2 with the opportunity, sufficient information, and sufficient 3 time to complete and hand in to the supervisor of elections 4 applications for voter registration. 5 (4) The voter education program shall be conducted 6 during school hours each term of the school year in order to 7 reach a maximum number of students in the most effective and 8 efficient manner. 9 (5) A student may not be excluded from the voter 10 education program due to an irregular class schedule, and 11 students enrolled in a magnet program must be provided voter 12 education. 13 14 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 15 16 17 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 18 And the title is amended as follows: 19 On page 13, line 27, after the semicolon 20 21 insert: 22 requiring district school boards and county 23 supervisors of elections jointly to provide a 24 program of voter education for high-school 25 seniors; providing guidelines for the content 26 of the educational program; requiring that the 27 program of voter education be conducted during 28 school hours; 29 30 31 2 5:02 PM 04/27/04 s3004.ee16.bb