BILL NUMBER: AB 183	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 5, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        JANUARY 24, 2007

   An act to add Section 49041 to the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 183, Coto. Pupils: high schools: voter registration.
   (1) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to annually
provide voter registration forms and information to students in all
high schools, community colleges, and campuses of the California
State University and University of California. Existing law requires
that the number of forms be consistent with the number of students
enrolled at each school who are of voting age or will be of voting
age by the end of the year and requires the Secretary of State to
provide additional forms to any school, free of charge, if so
requested by a school. Existing law also declares the Legislature's
intent that every school do all in its power to ensure that students
are provided the opportunity and means to register to vote. The last
2 full weeks in April and the last 2 full weeks in September are
required to be known as "high school voter weeks," during which time
deputy registrars of voters are required to be allowed to register
students and school personnel on any high school campus.
   This bill would require, commencing with the 2009-10 school year,
and for each school year thereafter, each school district with at
least one high school to report the voter registration efforts
described in the above provisions of existing law and to publish
those efforts prominently and annually on the Internet Web sites of
its high schools and in parent newsletters or other communication
vehicles used within the school community. By imposing new duties on
school districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 49041 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   49041.   Commencing with the 2009-10 school year, and for each
school year thereafter, each school district with at least one high
school shall report the voter registration efforts described in
Section 2146 of the Elections Code and Section 49040 and shall
publish those efforts prominently and annually on the Internet Web
site of each of its high schools and in parent newsletters or other
communication vehicles used within the school community.
  SEC. 2.   If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.