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 1                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
 4    ASSEMBLY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS,   THE  HOUSE  OF
 5    REPRESENTATIVES  CONCURRING  HEREIN,  that  there  shall   be
 6    submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  State  for adoption or
 7    rejection at the general election next occurring at  least  6
 8    months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to
 9    amend  Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution as
10    follows:

11                              ARTICLE X
12                              EDUCATION

13         (ILCON Art. X, Sec. 1)
14    SECTION 1.  GOAL - FREE SCHOOLS
15        A fundamental goal of the the People of the State is  the
16    educational development of all persons to the limits of their
17    capacities.
18        The  State  shall provide for an efficient system of high
19    quality  public  educational   institutions   and   services.
20    Education in public schools through the secondary level shall
21    be  free.  There  may  be  such  other  free education as the
22    General Assembly provides by law.
23        The State has the primary  responsibility  for  financing
24    the system of public education.
25    (Source: Illinois Constitution.)

26                              SCHEDULE
27        This  Constitutional  Amendment  takes  effect upon being
28    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
29    Constitutional Amendment Act.