Arizona Public University Tuition Limits Initiative (2022)
| Arizona Public University Tuition Limits Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Education and Taxes | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Arizona Public University Tuition Limits Initiative was not on the ballot in Arizona as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
The ballot initiative would have limited changes in public universities' in-state tuition rates and fees for undergraduates to changes in cost of living. The ballot initiative would also have enacted a 2% surcharge tax on corporate income for years when the legislature does not appropriate a certain level of revenue from the General Fund to the Arizona Board of Regents to fund 50 percent of resident student tuition costs. Revenue from the tax, during years in which the tax is used, would have been distributed to public universities or resident students with unmet financial need.[1]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the ballot initiative is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in Arizona
In Arizona, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. Petitions can be circulated for up to 24 months. Signature petitions must be submitted four months prior to the election at which the measure is to appear.
The requirements to get initiated state statutes certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 237,645 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 7, 2022.
If the secretary of state certifies that enough valid signatures were submitted, the initiative is put on the next general election ballot. The secretary of state verifies the signatures through a random sampling of 5 percent of submitted signatures working in collaboration with county recorders. If the random sampling indicates that valid signatures equal to between 95 percent and 105 percent of the required number were submitted, a full check of all signatures is required. If the random sampling shows fewer signatures, the petition fails. If the random sampling shows more, the initiative is certified for the ballot.
Stages of this initiative
The organization Students for Affordable Tuition filed the ballot initiative on July 19, 2021.[2]
See also
Footnotes
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