Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that a student entitled to vote in a primary, general, special election, or any election at which propositions are submitted to a popular vote in this State is entitled to be absent from school for 2 hours to vote on a day in which early voting is offered or on the day of the election. Provides that the school may specify the hours in which the student may be absent. Provides that a student who is absent from school to vote is not considered absent for the purposes of calculating enrollment under evidence-based funding in the School Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0624 [SB1970 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2020-01-23	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2019-10-30	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2019-04-10	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2019-02-15	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 001	2019-03-28	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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