Amendment 1 - State Representative Hochberg's Guide to the 2007 Texas Constitutional Amendments

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Proposition 1

The ballot will read: The constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the constitutional appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University on a change in the governance of the university.

Background: The Legislature recently voted to move Angelo State University (ASU) from the Texas State University System to the Texas Tech University System. The Constitution has a list of universities eligible to receive funding from the Higher Education Fund (HEF). This list still shows ASU as part of the Texas State University System. Proposition 1 updates the list.

For: Proposition 1 will ensure that Angelo State University will continue to receive HEF funding, as it did before being moved to the Texas Tech System.

Against: Moving ASU to the Texas Tech system was a bad idea, because tuition in the Texas Tech system is much higher than that in the Texas State University System. Changing the Constitution will make it more difficult for the Legislature to reverse this move.

For the exact wording of the changes to the Constitution
that would occur if this proposition passes,
CLICK HERE.
Words to be added to the Constitution will be underlined.
Words to be removed, if any, will be [~~struck through~~].

For a more detailed analysis of this proposition
from the House Research Organization,
CLICK HERE.

For the full 43-page House Research Organization report
on all of the propositions,
CLICK HERE.

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