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.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
5 10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new)
7     Sec. 10-20.46. Voter registration policy. A school board of
8 any district that maintains grades 10 through 12 must adopt a
9 policy that conditions the receipt of a high school diploma by
10 a student who is at least 18 years of age upon that student's
11 provision of proof that he or she has obtained a valid voter's
12 registration, provided that the student meets all other voter
13 eligibility requirements.
 
14     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new)
15     Sec. 34-18.37. Voter registration policy. The board must
16 adopt a policy that conditions the receipt of a high school
17 diploma by a student who is at least 18 years of age upon that
18 student's provision of proof that he or she has obtained a
19 valid voter's registration, provided that the student meets all
20 other voter eligibility requirements.
 
21     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding

 

 

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1 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
2     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
3     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
4 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
5 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
6 the 96th General Assembly.