CRC - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 10 Ì962640ÇÎ962640 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 04/03/2018 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Style and Drafting (Timmann) recommended the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the proposal clause 4 and insert: 5 A new section is added to Article IX of the State 6 Constitution to read: 7 ARTICLE IX 8 EDUCATION 9 Civic literacy.—As education is essential to the 10 preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the 11 legislature shall provide by law for the promotion of civic 12 literacy in order to ensure that students enrolled in public 13 education understand and are prepared to exercise their rights 14 and responsibilities as citizens of a constitutional republic. 15 16 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 17 And the title is amended as follows: 18 Delete everything before the proposal clause 19 and insert: 20 A proposal to create 21 a new section in Article IX of the State Constitution 22 to require the Legislature to provide for the 23 promotion of civic literacy in public education.