| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to student voter education; requiring |
| 3 | district school boards and county supervisors of |
| 4 | elections to cooperate to provide a program of voter |
| 5 | education for high school seniors; providing guidelines |
| 6 | for the content of the educational program; requiring |
| 7 | that the program of voter education be conducted during |
| 8 | school hours; providing an 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 |
| 15 | voter education shall be in the form of a presentation and is |
| 16 | voluntary for public high schools and nonpublic high schools. |
| 17 | Each supervisor of elections shall conduct the presentation |
| 18 | for the public high schools and, upon request, for 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 |
| 27 | with the opportunity, sufficient information, and sufficient |
| 28 | time to complete and hand in to the supervisor of elections |
| 29 | applications for voter registration. |
| 30 | (4) The voter-education program shall be conducted |
| 31 | during school hours each term of the school year in order to |
| 32 | reach a maximum number of students in the most effective and |
| 33 | efficient manner. |
| 34 | (5) A student may not be excluded from the voter- |
| 35 | education program due to an irregular class schedule, and |
| 36 | students enrolled in a magnet school must be provided voter |
| 37 | education. |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |