Senate Joint Resolution 2008 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION BY KREIMAN Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1 A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 2 the State of Iowa relating to free public schools and equality 3 of educational opportunity. 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5886XS 80 6 kh/gg/14 PAG LIN 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 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35