Bill Text: GA SR345 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: General Assembly; authorize to provide limitations by general law; amount of tuition; lottery funded scholarships; Technical College System of Georgia CA
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-08 - Senate Read and Referred [SR345 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR345-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 345
By:
Senator Thompson of the 5th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize that the General Assembly
may provide limitations by general law on the amount of tuition that may be
charged to students receiving lottery funded scholarships and grants and
attending colleges and universities operated by the board of regents or
institutions operated by the Technical College System of Georgia; to provide for
the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
I, Section II, Paragraph VIII of the Constitution is amended by revising
subparagraph (c) to read as follows:
"(c)
The General Assembly may by law provide for the operation and regulation of a
lottery or lotteries by or on behalf of the state and for any matters relating
to the purposes or provisions of this subparagraph. Proceeds derived from the
lottery or lotteries operated by or on behalf of the state shall be used to pay
the operating expenses of the lottery or lotteries, including all prizes,
without any appropriation required by law, and for educational programs and
purposes as hereinafter provided. Lottery proceeds shall not be subject to
Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II; Article III, Section IX, Paragraph
VI(a); or Article III, Section IX, Paragraph IV(c), except that the net proceeds
after payment of such operating expenses shall be subject to Article VII,
Section III, Paragraph II. Net proceeds after payment of such operating
expenses shall be separately accounted for and shall be specifically identified
by the Governor in his
or
her annual budget presented to the General
Assembly as a separate budget category entitled 'Lottery
Proceeds'
Proceeds,'
and the Governor shall make specific recommendations as to educational programs
and educational purposes to which said net proceeds shall be appropriated. In
the General Appropriations Act adopted by the General Assembly, the General
Assembly shall appropriate all net proceeds of the lottery or lotteries by such
separate budget category to educational programs and educational purposes. Such
net proceeds shall be used to support improvements and enhancements for
educational programs and purposes and such net proceeds shall be used to
supplement, not supplant, non-lottery educational resources for educational
programs and purposes. The educational programs and educational purposes for
which proceeds may be so appropriated shall include only the
following:
(1)
Tuition grants, scholarships, or loans to citizens of this state to enable such
citizens to attend colleges and universities located within this state,
regardless of whether such colleges or universities are operated by the board of
regents, or to attend institutions operated under the authority of the
Department
of Technical
and Adult
Education
College System
of Georgia. The General Assembly may provide limitations by general law on the
amount of tuition that may be charged to students receiving lottery funded
scholarships and grants and attending colleges and universities operated by the
board of regents or institutions operated by the Technical College System of
Georgia;
(2)
Voluntary pre-kindergarten;
(3)
One or more educational shortfall reserves in a total amount of not less than 10
percent of the net proceeds of the lottery for the preceding fiscal
year;
(4)
Costs of providing to teachers at accredited public institutions who teach
levels K-12, personnel at public postsecondary technical institutes under the
authority of the
Department
of Technical and Adult Education
Technical
College System of Georgia, and professors
and instructors within the University System of Georgia the necessary training
in the use and application of computers and advanced electronic instructional
technology to implement interactive learning environments in the classroom and
to access the state-wide distance learning network; and
(5)
Capital outlay projects for educational facilities;
provided,
however, that no funds shall be appropriated for the items listed in
paragraphs
subparagraphs
(c)(4) and
(c)(5)
of this
subsection
Paragraph
until all persons eligible for and applying for assistance as provided in
paragraph
subparagraph
(c)(1) of this
subsection
Paragraph
have received such assistance, all approved pre-kindergarten programs provided
for in
paragraph
subparagraph
(c)(2) of this
subsection
Paragraph
have been fully funded, and the education shortfall reserve or reserves provided
for in
paragraph
subparagraph
(c)(3) of this
subsection
Paragraph
have been fully funded."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that the General
Assembly may provide limitations by general law on the amount of tuition that
may be charged to students receiving lottery funded scholarships and grants and
attending colleges and universities operated by the board of regents or
institutions operated by the Technical College System of Georgia?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.
