SCR 128
High School Voter Education Weeks.
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Bill overview
This resolution declares April 13-24, 2026, as High School Voter Education Weeks. It encourages local schools to dedicate time to educating students in grades 9-12 about the electoral process and civic engagement. The resolution also suggests utilizing digital and physical resources and partnering with nonprofit organizations to achieve these goals.
Key provisions
- Declares April 13-24, 2026, as High School Voter Education Weeks.
- Encourages local educational agencies to dedicate time to voter education.
- Suggests providing digital and physical resources for voter education.
- Encourages partnerships with third-party nonprofit organizations.
- Lists specific topics for voter education, including voter registration, ballot measures, and campaign finance.
- Addresses issues of voter apathy, voter suppression, and historical disparities in voting rates.
- Promotes media literacy and political literacy.
- Encourages understanding of the electoral college and voting systems.
Who is affected
- Students in grades 9-12
- Local educational agencies
- School governing boards
- Nonprofit organizations
- California residents
Notable changes
- The resolution focuses on comprehensive voter education, extending beyond simply registering voters.
- It explicitly addresses issues of voter apathy and voter suppression.
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SCR128:v96#DOCUMENT
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Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 128
CHAPTER 70
Relative to High School Voter Education Weeks.
[ Filed with Secretary of State May 21, 2026. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 128, Pérez. High School Voter Education Weeks.
This measure would declare Monday, April 13, 2026, to Friday, April 24, 2026, inclusive, as High School Voter Education Weeks and would encourage local educational agencies to dedicate at least one of those 2 weeks to educating pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, on the electoral process, as provided. The measure would encourage local educational agencies to provide digital and physical resources necessary to provide this information and would encourage the governing boards or bodies of local educational agencies to contract with third-party nonprofit organizations, as provided, to accomplish this endeavor.
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Fiscal Committee: NO
Bill Text
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 49040 of the Education Code, the last two full weeks in April are known as “high school voter education weeks,” during which time persons authorized by the county elections official are allowed to register pupils and school personnel on any high school campus; and
WHEREAS, California is committed to fostering civic engagement and increasing voter participation among youth; and
WHEREAS, Young people, who represent the next generation of voters and leaders, remain a largely underrepresented group by exhibiting the lowest rates of voter turnout among age groups, and, more broadly, low levels of general civic engagement; and
WHEREAS, The COVID-19 pandemic, occurring for today’s young people in the midst of essential stages of adolescent development, has created an ethos of disconnection and societal apathy which voids the singular mechanism on which civic engagement and participation in democracy hinge; and
WHEREAS, Young people should be met in their educational environments, and be provided, with the history, knowledge, and resources to engage in the democratic process, for the purposes of revitalizing community ethos and promoting the importance of civic engagement; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares Monday, April 13, 2026, to Friday, April 24, 2026, inclusive, as High School Voter Education Weeks; and be it further
Resolved, That local educational agencies are encouraged to dedicate at least one of the two High School Voter Education Weeks to educating pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, on the electoral process, including, but not limited to, information on the following:
(1) The importance of youth voting in the election cycle.
(2) Civil discourse.
(3) Election inclusivity and access in a safe manner.
(4) Voter apathy.
(5) The ballot measure process.
(6) Research and information literacy skills.
(7) Methods to improve voter turnout.
(8) Election issues in relation to current societal issues.
(9) History of voter suppression.
(10) Voter registration.
(11) Ballot structure.
(12) Comprehending the electoral college.
(13) Understanding political parties.
(14) Campaigns.
(15) Campaign finance.
(16) Voter identification laws.
(17) Early voting.
(18) Absentee voting.
(19) Using voter education resources.
(20) Understanding technology used in voting systems.
(21) Voting by mail.
(22) Public policy awareness.
(23) Impact of elections on communities.
(24) Civic engagement.
(25) Civic duty.
(26) Political literacy.
(27) Informed voting.
(28) Media literacy in politics.
(29) Intersectionality in politics.
(30) Political empowerment.
(31) Historical disparities in voting rates among socioeconomic, racial, and other identity groups in order to develop pupil understanding of the importance of voting; and be it further
Resolved, That local educational agencies are encouraged to provide digital and physical resources necessary to provide this information; and be it further
Resolved, That the governing boards or bodies of local educational agencies are encouraged to contract on a volunteer basis with third-party nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated experience in nonpartisan youth civic engagement to accomplish this endeavor; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the State Department of Education and to the author for appropriate distribution.