Bill Text: TX SJR41 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a statute or appropriations act that furthers a legitimate state purpose or interest such as efficiency or local control meets the requirement of providing an efficient system of public schools and that this requirement is the prerogative of the legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Referred to Education [SJR41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SJR41-Introduced.html
| 2015S0317-1 02/24/15 | ||
| By: Huffines | S.J.R. No. 41 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a statute or | ||
| appropriations act that furthers a legitimate state purpose or | ||
| interest such as efficiency or local control meets the requirement | ||
| of providing an efficient system of public schools and that this | ||
| requirement is the prerogative of the legislature. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1. A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to | ||
| the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it shall | ||
| be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and make | ||
| suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient | ||
| system of public free schools so that every school district will | ||
| have substantially equal access to similar revenues per student at | ||
| similar levels of tax effort. A statute or appropriations act | ||
| enacted by the Legislature to provide for an efficient system or to | ||
| provide for its support and maintenance is presumed to meet the | ||
| requirements of this constitution if the statute or appropriations | ||
| act rationally furthers a legitimate State purpose or interest such | ||
| as efficiency or local control. The duty imposed by this section is | ||
| the prerogative of the Legislature. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that a | ||
| statute or appropriations act that furthers a legitimate state | ||
| purpose or interest such as efficiency or local control meets the | ||
| requirement of providing an efficient system of public schools and | ||
| that this requirement is the prerogative of the legislature." | ||
