1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, 
  1.3             article XIII, section 1; providing for the education 
  1.4             of young children through age five.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 
  1.7      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to 
  1.8   the people.  If the amendment is adopted, article XIII, section 
  1.9   1, will read: 
  1.10     Section 1.  The stability of a republican form of 
  1.11  government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, 
  1.12  it is the duty of the legislature to establish a general and 
  1.13  uniform system of public schools and provide for the education 
  1.14  of young children through age five.  The legislature shall make 
  1.15  such provisions by taxation or otherwise as will secure a 
  1.16  thorough and efficient system of public schools and early 
  1.17  childhood development and education throughout the state. 
  1.18     Sec. 2.  [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 
  1.19     The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at 
  1.20  the 2004 general election.  The question submitted shall be: 
  1.21     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require the 
  1.22  state to provide for early childhood education? 
  1.23                                     Yes .......
  1.24                                     No ........"