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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the authorization |
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or funding of an elementary or secondary education voucher program. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 7 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7. (a) In this section, "private school" means a |
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nongovernmental educational establishment that exists for the |
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general education of elementary or secondary students. |
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(b) The legislature may not appropriate money for or |
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authorize a voucher program under which state or local public |
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revenue is used to pay all or any part of the costs of a student's |
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attendance at a private school. |
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(c) This section does not prohibit the use of state or local |
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public revenue to pay all or any part of the costs of attendance at a |
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private school by a student with a disability if the student is |
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entitled under federal law to receive special education services in |
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that manner at no cost to the student. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the |
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authorization or funding of a voucher program for elementary or |
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secondary education." |