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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVES JOHNSON, Prax
Introduced: 1/18/22
Referred: Education, Judiciary, Finance
A RESOLUTION
1 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to state aid for
2 education.
3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
4 * Section 1. Article VII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:
5 Section 1. Public Education. The legislature shall by general law establish
6 and maintain a system of public schools open to all children of the State, and may
7 provide for other public educational institutions. Schools and institutions so
8 established shall be free from sectarian control. [NO MONEY SHALL BE PAID
9 FROM PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF ANY RELIGIOUS OR
10 OTHER PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.]
11 * Sec. 2. Article IX, sec. 6, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:
12 Section 6. Public Purpose. No tax shall be levied, or appropriation of public
13 money made, or public property transferred, nor shall the public credit be used, except
14 for a public purpose; however, nothing in this section shall prevent payment from
15 public funds for the direct educational benefit of students as provided by law.
16 * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of
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1 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the
2 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.
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