Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 208
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11  The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Sebesta) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, between lines 17 and 18,
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18         Section 4.  (1)  Each district school board and county
19  supervisor of elections may cooperate to provide voter
20  education to high school students who are in grade 12. The
21  voter education may be in the form of a presentation and is
22  voluntary for public high schools and nonpublic high schools.
23  Each supervisor of elections may conduct the presentation for
24  the public high schools and, upon request, for the nonpublic
25  high schools.
26         (2)  If provided, the voter education must include
27  information concerning:
28         (a)  How to register and preregister to vote.
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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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 208 Barcode 063594 1 (3) If provided, the voter education program must 2 provide students with the opportunity, sufficient information, 3 and sufficient time to complete and hand in to the supervisor 4 of elections applications for voter registration. 5 (4) If provided, the voter education program shall be 6 conducted during school hours each term of the school year in 7 order to reach a maximum number of students in the most 8 effective and efficient manner. 9 (5) If voter education is provided, a student may not 10 be excluded from the voter education program due to an 11 irregular class schedule, and students enrolled in a magnet 12 school must be provided the same opportunity for voter 13 education. 14 15 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 16 17 18 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 19 And the title is amended as follows: 20 On page 1, line 17, after the semicolon, 21 22 insert: 23 authorizing district school boards and county 24 supervisors of elections to cooperate to 25 provide a program of voter education for high 26 school seniors; providing guidelines for the 27 content of the educational program; requiring 28 that the program of voter education be 29 conducted during school hours; 30 31 2 3:36 PM 04/21/06 s0208c1c-ee16-t01