California Proposition 20 (2000)

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California Proposition 20, officially designated as the Gardenas Textbook Act of 2000, appeared on the March 7, 2000 ballot in California, where it was approved with 53% of voters in favor.

Proposition 20 was a legislatively-referred state statute.

Prop 20 changed the way that a portion of the state's annual lottery revenues are distributed to public education by mandating that of the future growth in lottery funds, one-half of that increase must go to K-14 public schools to be spent on instructional materials.

Ballot language

The summary of the ballot measure prepared by the California Attorney General read:

• Amends Government Code section 8880.4 which provides that at least 34% of the total annual state lottery revenues shall be allocated to benefit public education.
• Provides that beginning with 1998-99 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, one-half of the amount of the share allocated to public education that exceeds the amount allocated in fiscal year 1997-98 shall be allocated to school and community college districts for the purchase of instructional materials.
• The funds are distributed on the basis of an equal amount per unit of average daily attendance

Fiscal impact estimate

The California Legislative Analyst's Office provided an estimate of net state and local government fiscal impact for Proposition 20. That estimate was:

• In the near term, tens of millions of dollars in annual lottery revenues that go to public education would be earmarked for instructional materials. Amounts earmarked in future years would depend on changes in the level of overall lottery revenues.

Path to the ballot

Proposition 20 was voted onto the ballot by the California State Legislature via Assembly Bill 1453 of the 1997-98 Regular Session (Chapter 800, Statutes of 1998).

• The vote to put it on the ballot in the California State Assembly was 59 affirmative votes and 11 negative votes.
• The vote in the California State Senate was 22 "yes" and 12 "no."

See also

• California 2000 ballot propositions

External links

• Official Voter Guide to Proposition 20
• Full text of Proposition 20
• Smart Voter on Proposition 20
• Cal Voter on Prop 20
• Top Ten contributors

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