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SJR 16, 72nd 1st C.S.
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for equal educational opportunity, providing for local control by a school district of local taxes, authorizing the legislature to redistribute a portion of the ad valorem taxes levied and collected by "tax haven" school districts, authorizing the legislature to determine the methods by which school districts are formed and by which state funds appropriated to school districts are allocated, providing for appropriate state funding for rural school districts that are small and sparsely populated, and restricting the power of the courts to overturn a legislative decision regarding the system of or support for public education by adopting federal constitutional law which also preserves equal access to the courts.

Last action: Referred to Education

Author: Bill Sims

Companion:

HJR 17 (Identical)

Subjects:
Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance
Education--Primary & Secondary--General
Education--School Districts
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
Taxation--School District

Senate Committee: Education (Carl Parker, Gonzalo Barrientos, Teel Bivins, Chet Brooks, Bob Glasgow, Gene Green, Bill Haley, Eddie Johnson, Cynthia Krier, Bill Ratliff, Judith Zaffirini)


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