"Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to permit the Legislature to establish a different tax rate for secondary residential property for the purpose of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12, to establish the Education Funding Stabilization Fund dedicated to providing a stable source of state revenue to support kindergarten to grade 12 education and to dedicate additional sales tax revenue enacted as a result of a referendum to support kindergarten to grade 12 education?"

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 the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall review the returns and, if it appears that a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of the amendment, the Governor shall proclaim that fact without delay and the amendment becomes part of the Constitution of Maine on the date of the proclamation; and be it further

Secretary of State shall prepare ballots. Resolved: That the Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all ballots, returns and copies of this resolution necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum.

SUMMARY

This resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to permit the Legislature to establish a different tax rate for secondary residential property for the purpose of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12, to establish the Education Funding Stabilization Fund dedicated to providing a stable source of state revenue to support kindergarten to grade 12 education and to dedicate additional sales tax revenue enacted as a result of a referendum to support kindergarten to grade 12 education unless otherwise appropriated by a 2/3 vote of each House of the Legislature.