1. The amendment required that all teachers be certified to teach the subjects to which they were assigned. 2. An amendment would require a two-thirds majority for passage, then ratification by three-fourths of the state Legislatures. 3. As a practical matter, that would make it impossible to balance the budget early in the next century, as the constitutional amendment would require. 4. A constitutional amendment also requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate. 5. A constitutional amendment requires a three-fifths vote by the state House and Senate. 6. A constitutional amendment requires support from two-thirds of the members in both the House and the Senate. 7. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures. 8. A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states. 9. A constitutional amendment requires approval by two-thirds majorities in both chambers of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states. 10. But an amendment requires passage by both houses of Congress before it can be sent on for ratification by the states. |