95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5041


 
Introduced , by Rep. Mike Boland
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new






105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new






30 ILCS 805/8.32 new










    Amends the School Code.  Requires a school board of any district that maintains grades 10 through 12 to adopt a policy that conditions the receipt of a high school diploma by a student who is 18 years of age upon that student's provision of proof that he or she has obtained a valid voter's registration, provided that the student meets all other voter eligibility requirements. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Sections 
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10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.46  new)
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    Sec. 10-20.46. Voter registration policy. A school board of 
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any district that maintains grades 10 through 12 must adopt a 
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policy that conditions the receipt of a high school diploma by 
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a student who is 18 years of age upon that student's provision 
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of proof that he or she has obtained a valid voter's 
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registration, provided that the student meets all other voter 
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eligibility requirements.
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37  new)
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    Sec. 34-18.37. Voter registration policy. The school board 
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must adopt a policy that conditions the receipt of a high 
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school diploma  by a student who is 18 years of age upon that 
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student's provision of proof that he or she has obtained a 
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valid voter's registration, provided that the student meets all 
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other voter eligibility requirements.

 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
 


 






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Section 8.32 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new)
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    Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly.