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The bill would temporarily expand youth voter‑registration education and provide a small federal pilot to offset local costs and improve transparency, but it imposes administrative burdens on schools, risks uneven access for small districts, and creates fiscal and budgeting uncertainties because funding and timelines are limited or open‑ended.
All 12th‑grade students will receive direct, structured instruction on how to register to vote, which should increase youth voter registration and participation.
Schools and local education agencies can form partnerships with election officials and receive targeted FY2025 pilot funding to offset local costs for running voter‑registration programs, making more districts able to offer registration activities.
LEAs must report how pilot funds were used and a consolidated Commission report will go to Congress quickly, improving transparency, identifying successful practices, and enabling faster legislative oversight and potential scaling of effective pilots.
The bill allows open‑ended federal obligations without specified caps or fiscal‑year limits, creating a fiscal risk that could increase costs for all taxpayers, weaken budgeting transparency, and force agencies to reallocate resources.
Local education agencies and school staff will face added administrative burdens to prepare applications, cost estimates, and timely reports, which can divert staff time away from instruction and program delivery.
Smaller and rural LEAs may struggle to meet application and administrative requirements, producing uneven access to pilot funds and unequal benefits across districts.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Creates an FY2025 EAC pilot to fund local school districts to provide 12th graders information on how to register to vote, with reporting requirements and EAC oversight.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Al Green · Last progress January 3, 2025
Creates an Election Assistance Commission (EAC) pilot program in FY2025 to give funds to local school districts (LEAs) so 12th-grade students receive information about how to register to vote in public office elections. Participating LEAs must apply to the EAC, consult local and state election officials when designing activities, and submit reports on how funds were used and how effective the efforts were; the EAC must compile and send reports to Congress. The act authorizes "such sums as may be necessary" but does not set a dollar amount or detailed funding rules.