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                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8208

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Hochstatter, McCaslin, Schow, Oke, Morton, Cantu, Franklin, Palmer, Finkbeiner, Wood and Swecker

Read first time 01/20/95.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Creating a constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children.

    BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:

    THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:

    Article IX, section .....  The right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children shall not be infringed.  The legislature may enforce this section by appropriate legislation.

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.

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