By Shapiro S.J.R. No. 29 75R3869 CAS-D A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to 1-2 prescribe an educational program for public school students that 1-3 provides for a general diffusion of knowledge. 1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 1. A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to 1-8 the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it 1-9 shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to establish and 1-10 make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an 1-11 efficient system of public free schools. The Legislature by 1-12 general law shall prescribe an educational program that provides 1-13 for a general diffusion of knowledge for purposes of this section. 1-14 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-15 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997. 1-16 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 1-17 proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the 1-18 legislature to prescribe an educational program for public school 1-19 students that provides for a general diffusion of knowledge."