Bill Text: TX HB1635 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain high school students serving as early voting clerks in an election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Elections [HB1635 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1635-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson | H.B. No. 1635 |
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relating to certain high school students serving as early voting | ||
clerks in an election. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.087, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b-1) A school district may adopt a policy excusing a | ||
student from attending school for service as a student early voting | ||
clerk in an election. | ||
(d) A student whose absence is excused under Subsection (b), | ||
(b-1), (b-2), or (c) may not be penalized for that absence and | ||
shall be counted as if the student attended school for purposes of | ||
calculating the average daily attendance of students in the school | ||
district. A student whose absence is excused under Subsection (b), | ||
(b-1), (b-2), or (c) shall be allowed a reasonable time to make up | ||
school work missed on those days. If the student satisfactorily | ||
completes the school work, the day of absence shall be counted as a | ||
day of compulsory attendance. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 33.092, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.092. STUDENT ELECTION CLERKS AND EARLY VOTING | ||
CLERKS. A student who is appointed as a student election clerk | ||
under Section 32.0511, Election Code, or as a student early voting | ||
clerk under Section 83.012, Election Code, may apply the time | ||
served as a student election clerk or student early voting clerk | ||
toward: | ||
(1) a requirement for a school project at the | ||
discretion of the teacher who assigned the project; or | ||
(2) a service requirement for participation in an | ||
advanced academic course program at the discretion of the program | ||
sponsor or a school-sponsored extracurricular activity at the | ||
discretion of the school sponsor. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 83, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 83.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 83.012. STUDENT EARLY VOTING CLERKS. (a) The early | ||
voting clerk may appoint student early voting clerks as necessary | ||
to assist the early voting clerk. | ||
(b) A person is eligible to serve as a student early voting | ||
clerk under this section if the person is ineligible to serve as a | ||
clerk of an election precinct under Section 32.051(c) but meets the | ||
eligibility requirements to be a student election clerk under | ||
Section 32.0511. | ||
(c) A student early voting clerk serving under this section: | ||
(1) is entitled to compensation under Section 83.052 | ||
in the same manner as other early voting clerks; and | ||
(2) when communicating with a voter who cannot | ||
communicate in English, may communicate with the voter in a | ||
language the voter and the clerk understand as authorized by | ||
Subchapter B, Chapter 61. | ||
(d) Not more than four student early voting clerks may serve | ||
at an early voting polling place. | ||
(e) The secretary of state may initiate or assist in the | ||
development of a statewide program promoting the use of student | ||
early voting clerks appointed under this section. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |