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SJ0003 • 2015

Limitation of authority.

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress submit to the states a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the infringement of the United States government on the states' educational rights.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senator Wasserburger
Last action
2015-03-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2015-03-03 Senate

    S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4

  2. 2015-02-09 Senate

    S No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2015-01-15 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education

  4. 2015-01-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  5. 2015-01-12 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2015
STATE OF
WYOMING
15LSO-0150
Numbered
2.1

Senate

JOINT RESOLUTION
NO.

SJ0003

Limitation of authority.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Wasserburger

A
BILL

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress submit to the states a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the infringement of the United States government on the states' educational rights.

WHEREAS, t
he Tenth Amendment to the United
States Constitution states
"
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to t
he states, are reserved to the s
tates
respectively, or to the people
"
; and

WHEREAS,
the United States Constitution does not delegate the power over education to the United States,
it is a
power
reserved to the s
tates or the people
; and

WHEREAS,
the authority and power of the United States government over education shall not increase with the creation of t
he United States department of e
ducation
; and

WHEREAS, the United States
government shall
not diminish the
power over
education reserved to the states or local school systems or other instrumentalities of the states; and

WHEREAS, the United States
government
shall not impose unfunded mandates, sanctions, financial or otherwise, against the educational institutions of the states, or the states, respectively.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
:

Section 1.

That
procedures be instituted in Congress to add a new Article to the Constitution of the United States, and that Congress prepare and submit to the several states an amendment to the United States
Constitution that
prohibit
s
the infringement of the United States government
on the states
'
educational rights
and reserves the authority to govern education to the States or its people
.

Section 2.

That the Secretary of the State of Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress and members of the Wyoming Congressional Delegation.

(END)

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