79R1419 ESH-D

By:  Solomons                                                   H.J.R. No. 22 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to pay at 
least 50 percent of the cost of maintaining and operating the public 
school system.
	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.  The legislature shall provide state funding in an 
amount that constitutes at least 50 percent of the cost of 
maintaining and operating the public school system. [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.]
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment requiring the state to 
pay at least 50 percent of the cost of maintaining and operating the 
public school system."