Georgia Amendment 2, Education Trust Fund Measure (1990)
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| Topic Higher education funding and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1990. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to create an education trust fund to assist with financing post-secondary education and guarantee advance tuition payment contracts with state revenues. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to create an education trust fund to assist with financing post-secondary education and guarantee advance tuition payment contracts with state revenues. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 2 |
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605,013 | 52.09% | ||
| No | 556,376 | 47.91% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly by general law to provide for an education trust fund to assist students and parents of students in financing post-secondary education and to authorize that advance payment of tuition contracts may be guaranteed with state revenues? | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Georgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in the Georgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in the Georgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
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