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Senators
Stoner of the 6th and Tate of the 38th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
SR 49 by inserting on line 4 of page 1, following the word and symbol
"services;", the following:
"to
provide that the General Assembly may provide for the public funding of social
services pursuant to a contract between the state and any separate charitable
affiliate of a religious or sectarian organization; to provide that no public
funding shall be used to pay tuition or other expenses at any private,
religious, or parochial school for grade one through grade 12
education;".
By
striking lines 10 through 13 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"Paragraph
VII.
Separation
of church and state.
No
(a) Except as
permitted or required by the United States Constitution, as amended,
no money shall ever be taken from the
public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, cult, or
religious denomination or of any sectarian institution.
(b)
The General Assembly is authorized to provide by general law for the public
funding of social services to be provided pursuant to a contract between the
State of Georgia or any department or agency of the state and any separate
charitable affiliate of a religious or sectarian organization. No public funds
provided pursuant to such contract shall be used to pay tuition or other
expenses at any private, religious, or parochial school for grade one through
grade 12
education."
By
inserting into the ballot language appearing at lines 18 and 19 of page 1,
between the word "services" and the symbol "?" the following:
"and
to provide that, consistent with the First Amendment to the United States
Constitution, no public funds will be used to pay tuition or other expenses at
any private, religious, or parochial school for grade one through grade 12
education".