March 2, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Camilleri, Geiss, Zemke, Brinks, Hammoud, Rabhi, Elder, Guerra, Hoadley, Sabo, Sneller, Pagan, Gay-Dagnogo, Durhal, Lasinski, Moss, Ellison, Wittenberg, Greig, Phelps, Faris, Neeley, Clemente, LaGrand, Schor, Byrd, Scott, Green, Hertel, Chang, Santana, Love, Cochran, Chirkun, Liberati, Jones, Yanez, Peterson, Dianda, Inman, Sowerby, Greimel and Singh and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 2 of article VIII, to
recognize education and access to literacy as fundamental human
rights.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to recognize education and access to literacy
as fundamental human rights, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted
to the people of the state:
ARTICLE VIII
Sec. 2. The legislature shall maintain and support a system of
free
public elementary and secondary schools as defined by law.
that is premised on a recognition of full and equitable
opportunities for education and access to literacy as fundamental
human rights essential to the exercise of all other human rights.
Every school district shall provide for the education of its pupils
without discrimination as to religion, creed, race, color or
national origin.
No public monies or property shall be appropriated or paid or
any public credit utilized, by the legislature or any other
political subdivision or agency of the state directly or indirectly
to aid or maintain any private, denominational or other nonpublic,
pre-elementary, elementary, or secondary school. No payment,
credit, tax benefit, exemption or deductions, tuition voucher,
subsidy, grant or loan of public monies or property shall be
provided, directly or indirectly, to support the attendance of any
student or the employment of any person at any such nonpublic
school or at any location or institution where instruction is
offered in whole or in part to such nonpublic school students. The
legislature may provide for the transportation of students to and
from any school.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.