Bill Text: MI SJRF | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional amendments; state; prohibition on aid or support to nonpublic schools; eliminate. Amends sec. 4, art. I & sec. 2 of art. VIII of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Referred To Committee On Education And Career Readiness [SJRF Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SJRF-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION F
April 25, 2019, Introduced by Senator LUCIDO and referred to the Committee on Education and Career Readiness.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 4 of article I and
section 2 of article VIII, to allow certain deductions or credits
for nonpublic K-12 educational expenses from state income tax.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to allow certain deductions or credits for
nonpublic K-12 educational expenses from state income tax, is
proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE I
Sec. 4. Every person shall be at liberty to worship God
according to the dictates of his own conscience. No person shall be
compelled to attend, or, against his consent, to contribute to the
erection or support of any place of religious worship, or to pay
tithes, taxes or other rates for the support of any minister of the
gospel or teacher of religion. No money shall be appropriated or
drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious sect or
society, theological or religious seminary; nor shall property
belonging to the state be appropriated for any such purpose. The
civil and political rights, privileges and capacities of no person
shall be diminished or enlarged on account of his religious belief.
This section does not prohibit the state from providing an income
tax deduction or credit for nonpublic K-12 educational expenses.
ARTICLE VIII
Sec. 2. The legislature shall maintain and support a system of
free public elementary and secondary schools as defined by law.
Every school district shall provide for the education of its pupils
without discrimination as to religion, creed, race, color or
national origin.
No
public monies or property shall be appropriated or paid or
any
public credit utilized, by the legislature or any other
political
subdivision or agency of the state directly or indirectly
to
aid or maintain any private, denominational or other nonpublic,
pre-elementary,
elementary, or secondary school. No payment,
credit,
tax benefit, exemption or deductions, tuition voucher,
subsidy,
grant or loan of public monies or property shall be
provided,
directly or indirectly, to support the attendance of any
student
or the employment of any person at any such nonpublic
school
or at any location or institution where instruction is
offered
in whole or in part to such nonpublic school students. The
legislature
may provide for the transportation of students to and
from
any school.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.
