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| 4 | 4 | | LCO No. 4634 1 of 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | General Assembly House Joint |
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| 7 | 7 | | Resolution No. 68 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 4634 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced by: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (HED) |
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| 21 | 21 | | RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDME NT TO THE STATE |
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| 22 | 22 | | CONSTITUTION TO PROV IDE TWO YEARS OF FREE PUBLIC POST- |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECONDARY EDUCATION. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Resolved by this Assembly: |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. That the following be proposed as an amendment to the 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Constitution of the State, which, when approved and adopted in the 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | manner provided by the Constitution, shall, to all intents and 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | purposes, become a part thereof: 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Article eighth of the Constitution is amended by adding section 5 as 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | follows: 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 5. There shall be a Higher Education Scholarship Fund for the 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | purpose of providing each bona fide resident of the state with two 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | years of free post-secondary education at an institution within the state 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | system of higher education or other entity as shall be prescribed by 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | law. The General Assembly shall implement this principle by 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | appropriate legislation. 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the 13 House Joint Resolution No. 68 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 4634 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | elected at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, and 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to the electors at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020, 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | amendments to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | amendment to be used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Constitution of the State be amended to establish a Higher Education 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Scholarship Fund for the purpose of providing residents of the state 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | two years of free post-secondary education?" 23 |
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