| 1 | Representative(s) Antone offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with ballot statement amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 63-69 and insert: |
| 5 | (c)(1) Funding for a high quality public K-12 education |
| 6 | through classroom instruction is fundamental. To make adequate |
| 7 | provision for a high quality public K-12 education, at least |
| 8 | sixty-five percent of school funding received by school |
| 9 | districts shall be spent on classroom instruction, rather than |
| 10 | on administration. Classroom instruction and administration |
| 11 | shall be defined by law. |
| 12 | (2) At a minimum, classroom instruction means: salaries |
| 13 | and benefits for teachers and paraprofessionals; costs for |
| 14 | instructional materials and supplies; costs associated with |
| 15 | classroom-related activities that include field trips, |
| 16 | athletics, music, and arts; tuition paid to out-of-state school |
| 17 | districts and private institutions for students with special |
| 18 | needs; costs for plant operations and maintenance; food |
| 19 | services; transportation; and instructional and student support, |
| 20 | including media centers, teacher training, nurses, guidance |
| 21 | counselors, and school resource officers. |
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| 23 | == B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T == |
| 24 | Remove line(s) 105 and insert: |
| 25 | law; to provide that classroom instruction, at a minimum, means |
| 26 | salaries and benefits for teachers and paraprofessionals, costs |
| 27 | for instructional materials and supplies, costs associated with |
| 28 | classroom-related activities, including field trips, athletics, |
| 29 | music, and arts, tuition paid to out-of-state school districts |
| 30 | and private institutions for students with special needs, costs |
| 31 | for plant operations and maintenance, food services, |
| 32 | transportation, and instructional and student support, including |
| 33 | media centers, teacher training, nurses, guidance counselors, |
| 34 | and school resource officers; to provide flexibility for school |
| 35 | districts in meeting |