Article I

Section 24. Private Use of School Buildings

Nothing in this constitution shall prohibit the legislature from authorizing, by law, the use of public school buildings by civic, religious or charitable organizations during nonschool hours upon payment by the organization to the school district of reasonable compensation for such use.

Summary: NEW SECTION: Private use of school buildings.

Election Date: 1972

Votes For Ratification: 871,707

Votes Against Ratification: 298,016

Percent for Ratification: 74%

Percent Against Ratification: 26%

Notes: The joint resolution on record contains a scrivener's error (shcool). The text is presented here as it was presented to voters (https://access-newspaperarchive-com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/us/wisconsin/waukesha/waukesha-freeman/1972/03-17/page-12/).

Source Text: WI Bd. State Canvassers, 1848-1978, Vol. 13, 64

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Resolution: 1971 JR 27