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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment conditioning the |
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implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement |
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of state expenses relating to securing the border. |
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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) An education savings account program or a |
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similar program through which a child may use state money for |
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nonpublic primary or secondary education may not be implemented |
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until the comptroller of public accounts certifies to the |
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legislature that this state has received reimbursement from the |
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federal government for the cost of securing the border for the |
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period beginning September 1, 2015, to present, as determined by |
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the comptroller. |
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(b) On certification under Subsection (a) of this section, |
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the comptroller of public accounts shall establish the Texas |
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education savings fund outside the state treasury and deposit to |
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the credit of the fund 50 percent of the reimbursement received |
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under Subsection (a) of this section. |
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(c) The Texas education savings fund consists of: |
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(1) money appropriated, transferred, or deposited to |
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the credit of the fund; and |
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(2) any interest and other earnings attributable to |
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the investment of money in the fund. |
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(d) Money in the Texas education savings fund may be used |
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only for purposes of an education savings account program or a |
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similar program through which a child may use state money for |
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nonpublic primary or secondary education. |
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(e) Fifty percent of the reimbursement received under |
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Subsection (a) of this section may be appropriated only for |
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purposes of public education. |
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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 4, 2025. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment conditioning the |
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implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement |
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of state expenses relating to securing the border." |