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Identity Verification.
Initiatives
IDENTITY VERIFICATION. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Amends Constitution to require Department of Justice to verify identity of applicants for driver's licenses or state or local public benefits; require providers of public benefits to verify lawfulness of applicant's presence in the United States; preclude state or local public benefits for any alien classified ineligible under federal law; require sponsors to reimburse state or local government for benefits paid to a sponsored alien; require schools to determine lawfulness of pupils' presence in the United States; require state and local agents and agencies to report suspected violations of immigration laws to federal authorities. Summary …
School Vouchers. State-Funded Private And Religious Education. Public School Funding.
School Vouchers. State-Funded Private And Religious Education. Public School Funding.
Initiatives
SCHOOL VOUCHERS. STATE-FUNDED PRIVATE AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for qualifying private and religious schools as grants for new enrollees. Expands eligibility in phases; by fourth year, all children enrolled in qualifying schools are eligible. Permits Legislature to replace current constitutional funding priority and Proposition 98 guarantees for public schools with new minimum per-pupil public school funding at no less than national average. Restricts regulation of private schools. Exempts private schools from designated Uniform Building Code requirements. Requires academic testing in grant-redeeming schools. Summary of estimate …
Education. Vouchers. Public Funding Of Private And Religious Schools.
Education. Vouchers. Public Funding Of Private And Religious Schools.
Initiatives
EDUCATION. VOUCHERS. PUBLIC FUNDING OF PRIVATE AND RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Authorizes state-funded $4000 per-pupil annual payments to qualifying private and religious schools as grants for new enrollees, and partial grants for children enrolled in private schools before measure's approval. Permits Legislature to increase amounts annually. Repeals voter approved constitutional funding priority for public schools. Limits minimum state funding guarantees for public schools to years when specified economic conditions occur. Restricts local regulation of private schools, including health, safety, zoning requirements. Exempts private schools from designated Uniform Building Code requirements. Requires academic testing in voucher-redeeming schools. Summary of estimate …