By Shapiro                                            S.J.R. No. 49
       74R2241 GCH-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to
    1-2  finance the basic elements of public education.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
    1-5  adding Section 1-a to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 1-a.  The legislature shall appropriate the amounts
    1-7  necessary to finance the basic elements of education for public
    1-8  elementary and secondary schools.  The basic elements of education
    1-9  are the basic resources necessary for the instruction of the
   1-10  elements addressed by the curriculum required by statute and
   1-11  adopted by the Central Education Agency.
   1-12        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-13  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
   1-14  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
   1-15  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment requiring the
   1-16  legislature to appropriate money to finance the basic elements of
   1-17  public education."