Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 524
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-00307D-10                                           2010524__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to student voter education; providing
    3         for a voter-education program; requiring that each
    4         district school board and county supervisor of
    5         elections jointly provide the program for high school
    6         students who are eligible to register or preregister
    7         to vote; requiring that such education consist of a
    8         mandatory presentation made by the supervisor of
    9         elections to public high school students who are
   10         eligible to register or preregister to vote; requiring
   11         that the presentation be made available to nonpublic
   12         high schools upon request; providing guidelines for
   13         the content of the program; requiring that the program
   14         be conducted during school hours and at least once
   15         each term of the school year; prohibiting the
   16         exclusion of any student who is eligible to register
   17         or preregister to vote; requiring that the voter
   18         education program be provided to students enrolled in
   19         a magnet school; providing an effective date.
   20  
   21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   22  
   23         Section 1. (1) Each district school board and county
   24  supervisor of elections shall cooperate to provide voter
   25  education to high school students who are eligible to register
   26  or preregister to vote. The voter-education program shall
   27  consist of a mandatory presentation to the students and be made
   28  available to nonpublic high schools upon their request. Each
   29  supervisor of elections shall conduct the presentation.
   30         (2) The presentation must include information concerning:
   31         (a) How to register to vote and preregister.
   32         (b) The operation of voting machines.
   33         (c) When and where to vote.
   34         (d) The process of voting, including voter identification
   35  requirements.
   36         (e) The importance of voting.
   37         (3) The voter-education program must provide students with
   38  sufficient information and time to complete and hand in to the
   39  supervisor of elections applications for voter registration.
   40         (4) The voter-education program shall be conducted during
   41  school hours and at least once each term of the school year in
   42  order to reach a maximum number of students in the most
   43  effective and efficient manner.
   44         (5) A student who is eligible to register or preregister to
   45  vote may not be excluded from the voter-education program.
   46         (6) The voter-education program must be provided to
   47  students enrolled in a magnet school in accordance with this
   48  section.
   49         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.