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California Establish Right to Public Education Initiative (2024)
| California Establish Right to Public Education Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Education and Constitutional rights | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The California Establish Right to Public Education Initiative (#23-0001, 23-0002, and 23-0003) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The initiatives would have added language to the California Constitution establishing a right to high-quality public education for all school-age children.[1][2][3][4]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the different versions of the initiative are below:
Sponsor
'Students Matter sponsored the initiative campaign.[5]
Path to the ballot
The state process
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 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 constitutional amendments certified for the 2024 ballot:
- Signatures: 874,641 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was 131 days before the general election, which was around June 27, 2024. 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.
Details about this initiative
- The initiatives were filed on March 24, 2023, by James J. Cowie.[4]
- On May 30, 2023, all three versions were cleared for signature gathering.[4]
- Proponents of the initiative did not submit the required number of signatures by November 27, 2023, the circulation deadline.[4]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Attorney General's Office, "Full text," accessed March 27, 2023
- ↑ California Attorney General's Office, "Full text," accessed March 27, 2023
- ↑ California Attorney General's Office, "Full text," accessed March 27, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 California Secretary of State's Office, "List of petitions," accessed March 27, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "The rights stuff," accessed June 5, 2023
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