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Arizona Proposition 100, Teachers' Exchange Program Amendment (September 1956)

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Arizona Proposition 100

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Election date

September 11, 1956

Topic
Public school teachers and staff
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Arizona Proposition 100 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Arizona on September 11, 1956. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the state and local governments to hire foreign educators in public schools and universities who are permitted to work in the U.S. under the federal government's teacher exchange program.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the state and local governments to hire foreign educators in public schools and universities who are permitted to work in the U.S. under the federal government's teacher exchange program.


Overview

The Arizona State Constitution prohibited the state and local governments from hiring non-citizens or persons who were not wards of the U.S. Proposition 100 created an exception to his ban, allowing foreign educators participating in the federal government's teacher exchange program to be employed in public schools and universities.[1]

Election results

Arizona Proposition 100

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

82,834 72.49%
No 31,434 27.51%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 100 was as follows:

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS.

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

An amendment allowing the employment in public schools, colleges or universities of Arizona of teachers, instructors or professors who have been authorized to teach in the United States under the provisions of the teachers’ exchange program enacted by the Congress of the United States.—HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5.

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Constitutional changes

See also: Article 18, Arizona Constitution

The ballot measure amended Section 10 of Article 18 of the Arizona Constitution.[2]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Arizona Constitution

A simple majority vote was needed in each chamber of the Arizona State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The Arizona House of Representatives voted 65-2 to pass the constitutional amendment on February 4, 1955. The Arizona State Senate voted 28-0 on March 3, 1955.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named voters
  2. 2.0 2.1 Arizona State Library, "Arizona Voter Guide (1956)," accessed August 14, 2023