GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 892

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Sponsors: Representatives Reynolds; McMahan, Sexton, and Watson.

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Referred to:  Rules Calendar & Operations of the House.

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April 12, 1995

A JOINT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN IS NOT INFRINGED.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
Section 1. The Congress of the United States is requested to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that would read substantially as follows:
"PROPOSED ARTICLE XXVIII.
"The right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children shall not be infringed."
Sec. 2.  The Secretary of State shall send a certified copy of this resolution to each of the members of the United States Congress representing North Carolina and to the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and the Secretary of the United States Senate.
Sec. 3.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.