Opinion of the Justices

*73To the Members of the Senate

State House

Montgomery, Alabama

Dear Senators:

We are in receipt of Senate Resolution 114, by which you have requested an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of H.B. 269, an appropriation bill now pending before the legislature. The bill would provide appropriations for public educational purposes generally and, more specifically, for the elementary and secondary schools of this state; for junior and technical colleges; for colleges and universities; for various other state agencies; and for entities which are not state agencies, but some of which at least…