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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of 1 2 the State of Iowa is proposed: 1 3 Article I of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is 1 4 amended by adding the following new section: 1 5 RIGHT TO FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION. Sec. 26. The state shall 1 6 provide a system of high-quality public schools and guarantee 1 7 equality of educational opportunity. Public school education 1 8 through the secondary level shall be free of charge for 1 9 tuition. Public schoolbooks, other materials, and fees for 1 10 courses of instruction required by law and essential to each 1 11 child's educational development shall be provided by the 1 12 state. The state shall determine the method of financing the 1 13 system of public school education. The system of public 1 14 school education shall be open to all children of the state 1 15 and free from sectarian control. 1 16 The state may provide other free public education as the 1 17 general assembly provides by law. 1 18 Sec. 2. The foregoing proposed amendment to the 1 19 Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred to the General 1 20 Assembly to be chosen at the next general election for members 1 21 of the General Assembly and the Secretary of State is directed 1 22 to cause the same to be published for three consecutive months 1 23 previous to the date of that election as provided by law. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This Joint Resolution proposes an amendment to the 1 26 Constitution of the State of Iowa establishing that the state 1 27 has a duty to provide high-quality public school education and 1 28 to guarantee educational opportunity, and that public school 1 29 education through the secondary level shall be free of charge 1 30 for tuition. Public schoolbooks, other materials, and fees 1 31 for courses of instruction required by law and essential to 1 32 each child's educational development shall be provided by the 1 33 state. The Resolution also provides that the state shall 1 34 determine the method of financing the system of public school 1 35 education, and that the system of public school education 2 1 shall be open to all children of the state and free from 2 2 sectarian control. The Resolution additionally authorizes the 2 3 general assembly to provide by law for other free public 2 4 education. 2 5 The Resolution, if adopted, would be referred to the next 2 6 general assembly for adoption before being submitted to the 2 7 electorate for ratification. 2 8 LSB 3457SS 77 2 9 rn/sc/14
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