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Georgia Amendment 15, Employee Educational Grants Amendment (1972)
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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 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing State departments to disburse funds to match federal funds for providing educational scholarships to qualified employees. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing State departments to disburse funds to match federal funds for providing educational scholarships to qualified employees. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 15 |
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366,959 | 52.97% | ||
| No | 325,779 | 47.03% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 15 was as follows:
| “ | For ratification of amendment to authorize State departments and State agencies to disburse State funds to match federal funds in order to provide qualified employees with subprofessional, technical and professional educational scholarships and to establish the terms and conditions of educational scholarships. Against ratification of amendment to authorize State departments and State agencies to disburse State funds to match federal funds in order to provide qualified employees with subprofessional, technical and professional educational scholarships and to establish the terms and conditions of educational scholarships. | ” |
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
Footnotes
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