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| 1 | 1 | 86R619 KKA-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Raymond H.J.R. No. 105 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the authorization | |
| 7 | 7 | or funding of an elementary or secondary education voucher program. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Section 7 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 7. (a) In this section, "private school" means a | |
| 12 | 12 | nongovernmental educational establishment that exists for the | |
| 13 | 13 | general education of elementary or secondary students. | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) The legislature may not appropriate money for or | |
| 15 | 15 | authorize a voucher program under which state or local public | |
| 16 | 16 | revenue is used to pay all or any part of the costs of a student's | |
| 17 | 17 | attendance at a private school. | |
| 18 | 18 | (c) This section does not prohibit the use of state or local | |
| 19 | 19 | public revenue to pay all or any part of the costs of attendance at a | |
| 20 | 20 | private school by a student with a disability if the student is | |
| 21 | 21 | entitled under federal law to receive special education services in | |
| 22 | 22 | that manner at no cost to the student. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 24 | 24 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | |
| 25 | 25 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 26 | 26 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the | |
| 27 | 27 | authorization or funding of a voucher program for elementary or | |
| 28 | 28 | secondary education." |