Georgia Amendment 11, Educational Loan Program Amendment (1972)

Georgia Amendment 11
Election date November 7, 1972
Topic Higher education funding and Public education funding
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing loans, scholarships, grants, and insurance for educational purposes.

A "no" vote opposed providing loans, scholarships, grants, and insurance for educational purposes.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 11
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		479,595	65.66%
No		250,881	34.34%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 11 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for a program of loans, scholarships and grants, and the insuring of loans and payment of interest on loans to citizens of this State for educational purposes?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

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

1972 Measures

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