By Shapiro S.J.R. No. 28 75R3763 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 instruction in the essential 1-10 knowledge and skills addressed by the curriculum required by 1-11 statute and adopted by the State Board of Education. 1-12 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-13 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997. 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."