S.J.R. 4


Senate Joint Resolution No. 4--Committee on Human Re
    sources
                  and Facilities

                 January 24, 1995
                 _____________

Referred to Committee on Human Resources and Facilit
    ies


SUMMARY--Urges Congress not to require states to 
          provide educational programs unless it 
          provides necessary funding. (BDR R-278)

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.
              Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.



EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION--Urging Congress not to require the states to 
        provide educational programs unless it provides the funding 
        necessary for those programs.


  WHEREAS, Since the mid-1980s, Congress has 
increasingly shifted the cost of federally mandated programs 
to the states; and
  WHEREAS, Requiring the states to pay for 
educational programs that were created and favored by 
Congress seriously impairs the ability of a state to 
establish the academic, social and nutritional programs that 
it determines are best suited to the particular educational 
situation in the state; and
  WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States defines the total scope of 
federal power as being that specifically granted by the 
United States Constitution and no more; and
  WHEREAS, Shifting the cost of federal programs 
to the states enables Congress to expand its federal power 
and encroach upon the states' power; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF 
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the Nevada Legislature hereby 
urges that before Congress adopts legislation which mandates 
the states to provide particular educational programs, 
Congress determines the approximate amount of money it will 
cost the respective states to comply with the mandate; and 
be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Nevada Legislature hereby 
urges Congress not to enact a mandate requiring the states 
to provide educational programs unless it also appropriates 
to the respective states an amount of money sufficient to 
cover the anticipated costs associated with the mandate; and 
be it further
  RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be 
transmitted forthwith by the Secretary of the Senate to the 
Vice President of the United States as presiding officer of 
the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be 
it further
  RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes 
effective upon passage and approval.

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