Florida Amendment 2, Appointment of Superintendents of Public Instruction Amendment (1962)

Florida Amendment 2
Election date November 6, 1962
Topic County and municipal governance and Education
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1962. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported providing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be appointed by the County Board of Public Instruction in certain counties.

A “no” vote opposed providing that the Superintendent of Public Instruction to be appointed by the County Board of Public Instruction in certain counties.

Election results

Florida Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		341,434	62.20%
No		207,534	37.80%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

NO. 2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XII Proposing an amendment to Article XII of the Constitution relating to the election or appointment of Superintendent of Public Instruction, providing that the superintendent of Public Instruction shall be appointed by the County Board of Public Instruction in the counties of Alachua, Charlotte, Collier, Manatee, Orange, Lee, Monroe, Leon, Indian River, St. Lucie, Broward, Baker, Brevard, Hendry and Hillsborough, wherein the proposition is affirmed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of any such county making the office appointive and providing that any county adopting this proposition may after four years return to its former status by the same procedure provided for adopting it.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section __. County Superintendent of Public Instruction; Appointment in Certain Counties. (1) The county superintendent of public instruction shall be appointed by the county board of public instruction in the counties of Alachua, Charlotte, Collier, Manatee, Orange, Lee, Monroe, Leon, Indian River, St. Lucie, Broward, Baker, Brevard, Hendry and Hillsborough wherein the proposition is affirmed by a majority vote of the qualified electors of any such county making the office of county superintendent of public instruction appointive. (2) The board of public instruction of the county must request an election, which may be a special election or may be on the ballot of any regular primary or general election to be designated by the board of public instruction, and upon such timely request the board of county commissioners of such county will call such special election or cause to be placed on the ballot at such other election the proposition whether subsection (1) shall be effective in such county. (3) Any county adopting the provisions of subsection (1) hereof may after four years return to its former status and reject the provisions of this section by the same procedure outlined in subsection (2) hereof for adopting the provisions thereof in the beginning.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1962 Measures

• 1962 Measures
• Education on the ballot
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1962 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "SAMPLE BALLOT," November 5, 1962