By: Nelson S.J.R. No. 8 73R3436 CAS-F A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an efficient 1-2 public school system. 1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article VII, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution 1-5 is amended to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 1. A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to 1-7 the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it 1-8 shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and 1-9 make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an 1-10 efficient system of public free schools. The Legislature has the 1-11 sole authority to define by general law the efficiency, equity, and 1-12 adequacy of the system of public free schools it establishes under 1-13 this section. The Legislature is the sole department of government 1-14 permitted to determine whether it has fulfilled the duties required 1-15 by this section, and another department may not question that 1-16 determination, except as provided by Article IV of this 1-17 Constitution. Notwithstanding any provision of this section or any 1-18 other provision of this Constitution, a court of this State may not 1-19 declare invalid any law on the basis that the law fails to comply 1-20 with the duties required by this section. This section does not 1-21 repeal any provision of Article III or Article IV of this 1-22 Constitution. 1-23 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-24 submitted to the voters at an election to be held May 1, 1993. The 2-1 ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the 2-2 proposition: "The constitutional amendment to provide for 2-3 legislative control of the methods by which state funds are 2-4 distributed to the system of public free schools."