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A Proposal to amend the Constitution to permit state to provide indirect support to students attending nonpublic pre-elementary, elementary and secondary schools; allow the use of tuition vouchers in certain school districts; and require enanctment of teacher testing laws. The proposed constitutional amendment woud: 1.) Eliminate ban on indirect support of students attending nonpublic schools through tuition vouchers, credits, tax benefits, exemptions or deductions, subsidies, grants or loans of public monies or property. 2.) Allow students to use tuition vouchers to attend nonpublic schools in districts with a graduation rate under 2/3 in 1998-1999 and districts approving tuition vouchers through school board action or a public vote. Each voucher would be limited to 1/2 of state average per-pupil public school revenue. 3.) Require teacher testing on academic subjects in public schools and in nonpublic schools redeeming tuition vouchers. 4.) Adjust minimum per-pupil funding from 1994-1995 to 2000-2001 level. Should this proposal be adopted?
A proposal to amend the constitution to require a super majority vote (2/3 vote) of the State Legislature to enact certain laws affecting local governments. The proposed constitutional amendment woudl: 1.) Require a super majority vote (2/3 vote) of the State Legislature to enact any law which addresses a matter which a county, city, township, village or municipal authority could otherwise address under its governing powers or which places a condition on unrestricted aid extended local governments by the State. (Currently, a simple majority vote of legislature is required to enact such laws.) 2.) Retroactively apply the super majority vote requirement to any such law enacted on or after March 1, 2000. 3.) Exempt from the majority vote requirement any such law which can be applied at the option of local governments. Should this proposal be adopted?
Shall the City of Olivet, for the purpose of general operations, levy up to 1.1218 mills ($1.1218 per thousand dollars of taxable value on all real and personal property) for a period of five (5) years, 2001-2005, inclusive? The intent of this request is to restore the total City operating Millage at the maximum allocated rate of 15 mills authorized by the Charter of the City of Olivet. The 15 mills has been reduced by required Millage rollbacks in recent years to 13.8782 mills. If approved and levied in its entirety, this additional Millage would raise an estimated $13,608 for the City of Olivet.
Should Section 3.05(a) of the City Charter of the City of Potterville be amended to eliminate the restriction on the appointment of former council members to City offices within one year after the expiration of the term for which the council member was elected so that Section 3.05(a) should read: a. Hold another office. Except where authorized by law, no councilman shall hold any other city office or employment during the term for which he was elected to the Council and no former councilman shall be employed, as a full-time or part-time employee, until one year after the expiration of the term for which he was elected to the Council.
