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This resolution declares Monday, April 14, 2025, to Friday, April 25, 2025, as High School Voter Education Weeks, with the goal of increasing civic engagement and voter participation among young people. The resolution strongly encourages local educational agencies (school districts) to dedicate at least one of these two weeks to educating high school students (grades 9-12) about the electoral process through comprehensive instruction covering 31 key topics. These topics range from the importance of youth voting and civil discourse to understanding election issues, voter registration, political literacy, and historical disparities in voting rates. The resolution also recommends that schools provide necessary digital and physical resources for this education and suggests partnering with third-party nonprofit organizations experienced in nonpartisan youth civic engagement. The underlying motivation is to address low voter turnout among youth and combat a perceived sense of societal apathy, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, by equipping students with the knowledge and resources to participate actively in the democratic process.

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