88R12154 KJE-F
By: Harris of Anderson H.J.R. No. 182
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment regarding public free schools
and prohibiting certain state regulation regarding private
educational settings.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. (a) A general diffusion of knowledge being
essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights of the
people, it shall be the duty of the Legislature of the State to
establish, ensure public oversight of, and make suitable provision
for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public
free schools.
(b) Each child of school age who resides in this state is
entitled to access, with the consent of the child's parent, a public
free school.
(c) The state may not:
(1) abridge the right of a parent to place the parent's
child in an educational setting of the parent's choice outside of
the public free schools; or
(2) regulate the provision of education in an
educational setting for which the state does not provide support or
maintenance.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment regarding public free
schools and prohibiting certain state regulation regarding private
educational settings."