[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 13 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. J. RES. 13

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  prohibit compelling the attendance of a student in a public school 
  other than the public school nearest the residence of such student.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

   Mr. Emerson introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
  prohibit compelling the attendance of a student in a public school 
  other than the public school nearest the residence of such student.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to be valid only if 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of final passage of this resolution:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. No student shall be compelled to attend a public 
school other than the public school nearest to the residence of each 
student which is located within the school district in which such 
student resides and which provides the course of study pursued by such 
student.
    ``Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have power 
to enforce this article by appropriate legislation and to insure equal 
educational opportunities for all students.''.
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