Georgia Amendment 12, Taxes for School Personnel and Facilities Amendment (1972)

Georgia Amendment 12
Election date November 7, 1972
Topic Public education funding and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing state taxation to fund school activities, including personnel and facilities for extracurricular and interscholastic programs.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing state taxation to fund school activities, including personnel and facilities for extracurricular and interscholastic programs.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 12
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		407,784	55.39%
No		328,380	44.61%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 12 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize State taxation to pay the salaries of personnel and to pay for the utilization of school facilities, including school buses, for extracurricular and interscholastic activities, including literary events, music, and athletic programs within individual schools and between schools in the same or in different school systems when such activities are sponsored by local boards of education as an integral part of the total school program?

”

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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• Taxes on the ballot
• 1972 legislative sessions

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