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PRINTER'S NO. 985
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
596
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, STEPHENS, HELM, KAUFFMAN, O'NEILL,
BARRAR, DIAMOND, TALLMAN, READSHAW, GODSHALL, STAATS, SAYLOR,
MENTZER, ZIMMERMAN AND BRADFORD, MARCH 24, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 24, 2015
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for a public school
system.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 14 of Article III be amended to read:
ยง 14. Public school system.
The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and
support of a thorough and efficient system of public education
to serve the needs of the Commonwealth. The funding mechanism by
which the General Assembly provides for substantial and general
support for public education to satisfy its obligation under
this section shall provide for the allocation and distribution
of funding based upon the actual student enrollment in each
school district for the school year immediately preceding the
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