California "Fund Schools on Time" Initiative (2014)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

A California "Fund Schools on Time" Initiative (#13-0021) was approved for circulation in California as a contender for the November 4, 2014, ballot as an initiated state statute.

Supporters of the initiative referred to it as "The Fund Schools on Time Act of 2014."

Text of measure

Ballot title:

State School Funding. Timing of Distributions to Schools. Initiative Statute.

Official summary:

"Repeals, and re-enacts effective July 1, 2015, the state statute authorizing distribution and governing timing of payments from the State School Fund, the primary source of annual state funding for schools. Requires a three-fourths majority vote of the Legislature to defer payments to schools, or to amend the statute in any other way aside from moving up the timing of distributions."

Fiscal impact statement:

Note: The fiscal impact statement for a California ballot initiative authorized for circulation is jointly prepared by the state's legislative analyst and its director of finance.

"One-time state costs in 2015-16 of up to $5.6 billion to eliminate all existing school payment deferrals. Beginning in 2015-16, more predictable cash flow for schools and lower school borrowing costs. In future years, reduced state flexibility to respond to cash or budgetary problems."

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in California

• Suzanne Cordingley submitted a letter requesting a title and summary on September 30, 2013.
• A title and summary were issued by California's attorney general's office on December 2, 2014.
• 504,760 valid signatures are required for qualification purposes.
• Supporters had until May 1, 2014, to collect and submit the required number of signatures, as petition circulators are given 150 days to circulate petitions.
• The Secretary of State’s suggested signature filing deadline for the November 4, 2014, ballot was April 18, 2014. This means that if supporters had submitted enough valid signatures by May 1 but after April 18, the measure could have been pushed back as far as the next statewide general election, in November 2016.
• The initiative was announced as failing on May 16, 2014.

External links

Suggest a link

• Letter requesting a ballot title for Initiative 13-0021

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