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                                  5829--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WALLACE,  McDONALD, CONRAD, McMAHON, COLTON,
   SEAWRIGHT, DARLING, GALEF, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, ZINERMAN, THIELE, SIMON,
   STECK, JACOBSON, SILLITTI, HEVESI, SEPTIMO, JACKSON, FORREST  --  read
   once  and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the
   Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a  school
   voter registration access program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25  to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 25
                     SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS
 SECTION 1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS.
   §  1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD
 OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  CHARTER  SCHOOL,  AND  NON-PUBLIC
 SCHOOL  SHALL  ADOPT  A POLICY TO PROMOTE STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND
 PRE-REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER TWO OF THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN.  SUCH  POLICY SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 ARTICLE, REQUIRE ALL SCHOOLS OPERATED BY SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,  BOARDS
 OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND NON-PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS SERVING ANY OR ALL OF GRADES TEN, ELEVEN,  AND  TWELVE  TO  MAKE
 AVAILABLE ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
 DURING  THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT THE
 VOTING ENROLLMENT PROCESS  AND  PROVIDING  ELIGIBLE  STUDENTS  WITH  THE
 OPPORTUNITY  TO  REGISTER  OR  PRE-REGISTER  TO VOTE AS APPLICABLE. SUCH
 POLICY SHALL INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR  ACQUIRING  AND  TRANSMITTING  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION  APPLICATIONS  TO AND FROM THE LOCAL
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION AMONG  THEIR  APPROPRIATE  SCHOOLS,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02646-06-1
              

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 METHODS  OF  REGULAR  COMMUNICATION WITH ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ON THE AVAIL-
 ABILITY OF SUCH APPLICATIONS AND THEIR RIGHT TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER
 TO VOTE AND MAY INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS AND
 OUTSIDE  ORGANIZATIONS  TO ASSIST IN MAKING AVAILABLE VOTER REGISTRATION
 AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS IN ANY SCHOOL SERVING ANY  OR  ALL  OF
 GRADES  TEN,  ELEVEN,  AND  TWELVE.  COMPLETION  AND SUBMISSION OF VOTER
 REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS SHALL NOT BE A COURSE REQUIREMENT
 OR GRADED ASSIGNMENT FOR STUDENTS.   LOCAL  BOARDS  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL
 COMPLY WITH REQUESTS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TRANSMIT THE
 REQUESTED  NUMBER  OF  REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS IN
 SUCH MANNER AS REQUESTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the  date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made on or before such date.