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HJR 10, 73rd R.S.

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for equal educational opportunity, providing for local control by a school district of local taxes and for property tax relief, authorizing the legislature to determine the methods by which school districts are formed and by which state funds appropriated to school districts are allocated, 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 that also preserves equal access to the courts.

Last action: Coauthor Authorized

Author: John Culberson
Coauthor: Will Hartnett | Ted Kamel

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

House Committee: Public Education (Libby Linebarger, Homer Dear, Kent Grusendorf, Christine Hernandez, Scott Hochberg, Jerry Johnson, Huey McCoulskey, Steve Ogden, Paul Sadler, Mark Stiles, George West)

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