SPONSOR: Ealy
This bill provides that any student entitled to vote on the date of an election shall be allowed to leave school for a period of three hours in order to do so. Schools may designate a time period during which students may leave to vote.
A violation of this section is a class four election offense.
Each school district shall adopt and implement a written policy related to voting as an excused absence beginning with the 2024-25 school year. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall develop a model policy that school districts may adopt.
This bill is the same as HB 1212 (2023).
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