HB1326 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1326

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Mike Boland

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new
30 ILCS 805/8.33 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 at least 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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new)

Sec. 10-20.46. Voter registration policy. A school board of any district that maintains grades 10 through 12 must adopt a policy that conditions the receipt of a high school diploma by a student who is at least 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.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new)

Sec. 34-18.37. Voter registration policy. The board must adopt a policy that conditions the receipt of a high school diploma by a student who is at least 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.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.33 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)

Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.