| | | Constitutional amendment. Resolved: Two thirds of each branch of the | | Legislature concurring, that the following amendment to the | | Constitution of Maine be proposed: |
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| | | Constitution, Art. VIII, Part First, §1 is amended to read: |
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| | | Section 1. Legislature shall require towns to support | | public schools; duty of Legislature. A general diffusion of | | the advantages of education being essential to the | | preservation of the rights and liberties of the people; to | | promote this important object, the Legislature are authorized, | | and it shall be their duty to require, the several towns to | make suitable provision, at their own expense, | | and maintenance of public schools; and it shall further be | | their duty to encourage and suitably endow, from time to time, | | as the circumstances of the people may authorize, all | | academies, colleges and seminaries of learning within the | | State; provided, that no donation, grant or endowment shall at | | any time be made by the Legislature to any literary | | institution now established, or which may hereafter be | | established, unless, at the time of making such endowment, the | | Legislature of the State shall have the right to grant any | | further powers to alter, limit or restrain any of the powers | | vested in any such literary institution, as shall be judged | | necessary to promote the best interests thereof. |
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| | | Constitution, Art. VIII, Part First, §1-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | Section 1-A.__State to fully fund public education.__The | | Legislature by proper enactment shall ensure full state | | funding of public education, from kindergarten to | | postsecondary school. |
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| | | Constitutional referendum procedure; form of question; effective date. Resolved: That | | the municipal officers of this State shall notify the | | inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and plantations | | to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a | | statewide election, at a statewide election, on the Tuesday | | following the first Monday of November following the passage | | of this resolution, to vote upon the ratification of the | | amendment proposed in this resolution by voting upon the | | following question: |
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| | | "Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to | | require that the State provide full funding of public | | education from kindergarten to postsecondary school?" |
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| | | The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall | | vote by ballot on this question and designate their choice by | | a cross or check mark placed within the corresponding square | | below |
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