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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF
PROPOSAL
TO THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WHEREAS, the Alabama Constitution of 1901 was written with an intent to centralize power and control of the state in the Alabama Legislature; and WHEREAS, the Alabama Constitution of 1901 so restricts the flow of effective and efficient government that it has been amended 706 times, with over 100 amendments dealing with local and state education issues; and WHEREAS, the Alabama Constitution of 1901 preserves a failed system for funding public schools and other governmental services which forces them to suffer from inadequate and unpredictable funding; and WHEREAS, Section 286 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901 permits the calling of a constitutional convention: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Alabama State Board of Education does hereby call upon the Alabama Legislature to enact proper legislation to place before the voters of Alabama on November 5, 2002, a referendum to hold a constitutional convention for the purpose of rewriting the Alabama Constitution of 1901; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Alabama State Board of Education does hereby call upon the Alabama Legislature to enact proper legislation to place before the voters of Alabama on November 5, 2002, an amendment to the Alabama Constitution of 1901 authorizing local boards of education to petition their local governing bodies for the authority to place before the local voters certain decisions regarding their schools and ending the requirement to seek such permission from the Alabama Legislature.
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| Alabama Citizens for Constitutional
Reform Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 34 Montgomery, Alabama 36101-0034 E-mail: accr@constitutionalreform.org |
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