Provides that where practicable, school districts in which schools are utilized as polling places shall schedule conference or professional development days on primary or election days when the polls are open to voters, and if students are present during hours when polls are open, school districts shall take measures to ensure that the general public shall not access other areas of the school outside of the polling place.
Relates to school session days; adds general election day to the list of days when school will not be in session; allows a school district to elect to require staff attendance on a general election day or to schedule a professional development day.
Provides that if a school building is designated as a polling place, the board or body which controls such building shall provide a space that is not easily accessible to areas of the building where instructional activities are taking place, and if such a space cannot be provided that meets such criteria, the board or agency which controls such building shall cancel in-person instructional activities during the operating hours of such poll site.
Relates to providing translators at certain polling place locations if fifteen percent of the number of voting age citizens who speak the same language other than English at home reside in the district where such polling place is located.