| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to voter education; requiring district |
| 3 | school boards and county supervisors of elections jointly |
| 4 | to provide a program of voter education for high school |
| 5 | seniors; providing guidelines for the content of the |
| 6 | educational program; requiring that the program of voter |
| 7 | education be conducted during school hours; providing an |
| 8 | effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. (1) Each district school board and county |
| 13 | supervisor of elections shall cooperate to provide voter |
| 14 | education to high school students who are in grade 12. The voter |
| 15 | education shall be in the form of a presentation and is |
| 16 | mandatory for public high schools and voluntary for nonpublic |
| 17 | high schools. Each supervisor of elections shall conduct the |
| 18 | presentation for the public high schools and, upon request, the |
| 19 | nonpublic high schools. |
| 20 | (2) The voter education must include information |
| 21 | concerning: |
| 22 | (a) How to register to vote and preregister. |
| 23 | (b) The operation of voting machines. |
| 24 | (c) How, when, and where to vote. |
| 25 | (d) The importance of voting. |
| 26 | (3) The voter education program must provide students with |
| 27 | the opportunity, sufficient information, and sufficient time to |
| 28 | complete and hand in to the supervisor of elections applications |
| 29 | for voter registration. |
| 30 | (4) The voter education program shall be conducted during |
| 31 | school hours each term of the school year in order to reach a |
| 32 | maximum number of students in the most effective and efficient |
| 33 | manner. |
| 34 | (5) A student may not be excluded from the voter education |
| 35 | program due to an irregular class schedule, and students |
| 36 | enrolled in a magnet program must be provided voter education. |
| 37 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |