((LATE FILED FOR: 4/29/2008 8:30:00 AM))Amendment
Bill No. CS/SB 1908
Amendment No. 397529
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Bendross-Mindingall offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (440113) (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 1504 and 1505, insert:
5     Section 30.  (1)  Each district school board and county
6supervisor of elections shall cooperate to provide voter
7education to high school students who are in grade 12. The voter
8education shall be in the form of a presentation and is
9voluntary for public high schools and nonpublic high schools.
10Each supervisor of elections shall conduct the presentation for
11the public high schools and, upon request, for the nonpublic
12high schools.
13     (2)  The voter education must include information
14concerning:
15     (a)  How to register to vote and preregister.
16     (b)  The operation of voting machines.
17     (c)  How, when, and where to vote.
18     (d)  The importance of voting.
19     (3)  The voter-education program must provide students with
20the opportunity, sufficient information, and sufficient time to
21complete and hand in to the supervisor of elections applications
22for voter registration.
23     (4)  The voter-education program shall be conducted during
24school hours each term of the school year in order to reach a
25maximum number of students in the most effective and efficient
26manner.
27     (5)  A student may not be excluded from the voter-education
28program due to an irregular class schedule, and students
29enrolled in a magnet school must be provided voter education.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
34     Remove line 1642 and insert:
35sanitation certificate and inspection; requiring district school
36boards and county supervisors of elections to cooperate to
37provide a program of voter education for high school seniors;
38providing guidelines for the content of the educational program;
39requiring that the program of voter education be conducted
40during school hours; providing effective
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