Bill Text: TX SJR29 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the provision of free textbooks to students attending private primary and secondary schools in this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-08 - Referred to Finance [SJR29 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SJR29-Introduced.html

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82R8896 VOO-D
By: Ogden S.J.R. No. 29

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the provision of
free textbooks to students attending private primary and secondary
schools in this state.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3(b), Article VII, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education to
set aside a sufficient amount of available funds to provide free
text books for the use of children attending the public free schools
and private primary and secondary schools in [of] this State.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring the
provision of free textbooks to students attending private primary
and secondary schools in this state."