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| 6 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 7 | | relating to the inclusion of information about the process of |
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| 9 | 8 | | voting as part of the social studies curriculum requirements for |
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| 10 | 9 | | public high school students. |
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| 11 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 12 | | adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 13 | | (c-4) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules |
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| 15 | 14 | | requiring a high school student, as part of the social studies |
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| 16 | 15 | | curriculum under Subsection (a)(1)(D), to be provided at least once |
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| 17 | 16 | | with practical information about the process of voting in public |
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| 18 | 17 | | elections, including specific information about using the type of |
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| 19 | 18 | | voting machines used by the county in which the student is enrolled. |
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| 20 | 19 | | The rules shall require a school district, to the extent |
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| 21 | 20 | | practicable, to seek assistance and cooperation from the county |
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| 22 | 21 | | election office in providing students with exposure to and |
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| 23 | 22 | | experience using the applicable voting machine. |
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| 24 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 25 | 24 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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