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.