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1 1 Section 1. Article IX of the Constitution of the State of
1 2 Iowa is amended by adding the following new section:
1 3 FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SEC. 16.
1 4 The General Assembly shall provide a basic system of free
1 5 quality public elementary and secondary schools. The system
1 6 shall guarantee equality of educational opportunity. The
1 7 General Assembly shall fund and distribute in an equitable
1 8 manner to the school districts the state's share of the cost
1 9 of the basic elementary and secondary school system.
1 10 Sec. 2. REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION. The foregoing proposed
1 11 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred
1 12 to the General Assembly to be chosen at the next general
1 13 election for members of the General Assembly, and the
1 14 Secretary of State is directed to cause the same to be
1 15 published for three consecutive months previous to the date of
1 16 that election as provided by law.
1 17 EXPLANATION
1 18 This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the
1 19 Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the
1 20 establishment of state responsibility to provide a basic
1 21 system of free quality public elementary and secondary
1 22 schools, with the state's share of the funding to be equitably
1 23 distributed. The resolution, if adopted, would be referred to
1 24 the next general assembly for adoption a second time before
1 25 being submitted to the electorate for ratification.
1 26 LSB 5886XS 80
1 27 kh/gg/14
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