| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2012 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
| Jun 15, 2012 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7730
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, SC) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
2011-S7730 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld ยง3 Art 11, Constn
2011-S7730 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7730
TITLE OF BILL:
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing amendments to the constitution, in relation to the use of
public money in aid or maintenance of any school or institution of
learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any
religious denomination, and repealing section 3 of article 11 of the
constitution relating thereto
PURPOSE:
To repeal the "Blaine Amendment" of the New York State Constitution to
allow for state aid to parochial and religious schools in the state.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 repeals section 3 of article 11 of the Constitution
JUSTIFICATION:
New York State is home to a plethora of diverse religious groups that
require a certain education of their children and under current New
York State law these groups are forced to tolerate the burden of
sending their children to private schools with little or no help from
New York State. The "School Choice Amendment" will abolish the
sections of the New York State Constitution that forbid state aid to
these schools. This will allow for equal treatment under the law of
all students in New York State and help working families bear the
2011-S7730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7730
I N S E N A T E
June 15, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. STOROBIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing amendments to the constitution, in relation to the use of
public money in aid or maintenance of any school or institution of
learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any reli-
gious denomination, and repealing section 3 of article 11 of the
constitution relating thereto
Section 1. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of arti-
cle 11 of the constitution be REPEALED.
S 2. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments
be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD89166-02-2
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