Stone bill would allow schools to cash in on student poll workers.

If a student spends an election day volunteering at the polls, their school might start getting paid for it.

Under current California law, when students volunteer at the polls their schools gets no average daily attendance (ADA) credit, a key metric that determines how much funding schools get from the state.  

But pending Gov. Jerry Brown's signature, a bill proposed by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, is set to change that. A statement released by Stone's office on June 25 announced that the bill, AB 2684, has been approved by the Senate Education Committee and only needs Brown's signature to become law. 

“Students who volunteer at the polls apply what they learn in the classroom about civic engagement, and schools should not be penalized for allowing their students to participate in this valuable experience,” Stone says in the statement. “I proposed this law because schools should receive funds for encouraging students to enrich their understanding of the principles behind our electoral process.”

In the 2012 general election, 149 of the county's approximate 800 poll workers were high school students.