Rapides Parish

Shall Big Island School District Number 50 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy a special tax of six and thirty hundredths (6.30) mills on all property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2014, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, repairing, improving, maintaining and/or operating schools and school related facilities and equipment for the District?

Shall Pineville School District No. 52 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy a special tax of six and twenty-one hundredths (6.21) mills on all property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2005 and ending with the year 2014, with the proceeds of said tax to be dedicated and allocated as follows: (i) one-half for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, repairing, improving, maintaining and/or operating schools and school related facilities, equipment and programs for the District; and (ii) one-half for the purpose of technology equipment, programs and enhancements, including, but not limited to, computer hardware and software and audio and video equipment and programs?

Shall Rigolette School District Number 11 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds not exceeding Fourteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,800,000), to run twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight per centum (8%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds; including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, including, to the extent feasible, those specific school projects set forth in the "Capital Improvements Plan" approved by the school board on June 14, 2004, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto?

Shall Rigolette School District Number 11 of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), levy a special tax of three (3) mills on all property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2004 and ending with the year 2013, for the purpose of technology equipment, programs and enhancements, including, but not limited to, computer hardware and software and audio and video equipment and programs?

To provide that marriage in this state shall consist of the union of one man and one woman, that legal incidents of marriage shall not be conferred on a member of any union other than such union, and that the state shall not validate or recognize a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals or any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of one man and one woman. (Adds Article XII, Section 15)