2019 Senate Joint Resolution A

Remove higher education from allowable School Aid Fund uses

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 15, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Tom Barrett (R-24)

To place before voters in the next general election a constitutional amendment to strip-out language currently in the Constitution of 1963 allowing tax revenue earmarked to the state “School Aid Fund” to be used for higher education. In other words, tax dollars earmarked to this fund could only be spend on K-12 public schools.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations