Bill Text: WV HB2378 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - To House Education [HB2378 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HB2378-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
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to the Committee on Education then Finance.
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§18-5-15g, relating to requiring county boards of education to provide days
prior to early voting during primary and general elections for registering
eligible students to vote and being transported to vote.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated §18-5-15g, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-15g. Providing school days to register and
transport students to vote.
(a) School Day for
Registration to Vote. -- Each county board of education shall schedule a
school day for eligible students to register to vote. This day shall be at least thirty days prior
to the commencement of early voting for a primary, general or special election
occurring during a school term. The
board shall give notice through school principals of the opportunity for
students to register to vote at schools where students are of an age to be
eligible to vote. The notice shall be at
least seven to ten days prior to the day scheduled for students to register to
vote at their schools. The board or its
school principals may coordinate, if they choose, with the clerk of the county
commission or with an employee of the clerk's office, who are not then
candidates for office, to assist with or conduct registration at the schools.
(b) School Day For Early Voting.
-- Each county board of education shall
select a school day during the early voting periods before each primary, general or special election occurring during
a school term
on which the board shall provide transportation to an appropriate voting place
for students who are eligible and registered to vote. This voting transportation day shall be
selected with notice to the clerk of the county commission. The board shall give notice through its
principals of the transportation day in all schools with eligible registered
students at least seven to ten days before the scheduled voting transportation
date. Students who elect to be
transported by their parents or guardians for the purpose of voting in an
election during a school term may do so as an excused absence or tardy on any
appropriate school day including without limitation a day scheduled by the
board for voting transportation.
(c)
Educational Purpose With No Electioneering. -- The activities of registering and voting by
students shall be considered for an educational purpose and shall be done
without electioneering by faculty or staff.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is
to require county boards of education to provide days prior to early voting
during primary, general and special elections for registering eligible students
to vote and for the transportation of registered students to appropriate voting
places during early voting periods.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.