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California Environmental and Sustainability Education Initiative (2022)
| California Environmental and Sustainability Education Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The California Environmental and Sustainability Education Initiative (#21-0002) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have required education related to environmental sustainability in public schools.[1]
Text of the measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[2]
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Education. Requires Earth Sustainability Training in Public Schools. Initiative Statute.[3] |
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Petition summary
The summary provided for inclusion on signature petition sheets was as follows:[2]
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Requires public school students and teachers to receive thirty hours of education, training, and hands-on learning relating to sustainability or the care of the Earth, every two years.[3] |
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Fiscal impact
The fiscal impact statement was as follows:[2]
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Potential costs to schools up to the low hundreds of millions of dollars annually to hire substitute teachers while teachers receive training and provide trainers for teachers.[3] |
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Full text
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in California
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Petitions are allowed to circulate for 180 days from the date the attorney general prepares the petition language. Signatures need to be certified at least 131 days before the general election. As the verification process can take multiple months, the secretary of state provides suggested deadlines for ballot initiatives.
The requirements to get initiated state statutes certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 623,212 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was 131 days before the general election, which was around June 30, 2022. However, the process of verifying signatures can take multiple months and proponents are recommended to file signatures at least two months before the verification deadline.
Signatures are first filed with local election officials, who determine the total number of signatures submitted. If the total number is equal to at least 100 percent of the required signatures, then local election officials perform a random check of signatures submitted in their counties. If the random sample estimates that more than 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, the initiative is eligible for the ballot. If the random sample estimates that between 95 and 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, a full check of signatures is done to determine the total number of valid signatures. If less than 95 percent are estimated to be valid, the initiative does not make the ballot.
Initiative #20-0002
Proponents filed the ballot initiative on March 1, 2021.[1] The Attorney General of California issued ballot language for the initiative on May 5, 2021, allowing a signature drive to begin. Signatures were due on November 1, 2021, but the initiative was withdrawn on October 13, 2021.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 California Attorney General, "Initiative 21-0002," March 1, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 California Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Referenda Cleared for Circulation," accessed May 11, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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