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Kansas Regarding Education, Amendment 1 (1990)

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The Kansas Regarding Education, Amendment 1, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Kansas on November 6, 1990, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Article 6, Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4. The amendment proposed that the state would offer intellectual, educational, vocational and scientific improvement by establishing a system of public education which may be organized and changed according to the law; public elementary and secondary schools would be governed by local elected boards, overseen by the state; public institutions and postsecondary education would be maintained by the state; the legislature would be able to levy taxes for the funding of public education; no tuition shall be charged for those who would be required to attend such a school; no religious sect shall have control over any part of the public educational funds; all the laws in force at the time of the adoption of the amendment will remain in effect until the legislature amends or repeals them; and any laws in effect prior to July 1, 1991 that do not conform with the above amendments would no longer be valid after said date.[1]

Election results

Kansas Amendment 1 (1990)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No377,62560.64%
Yes245,13239.36%

Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Kansas, 1968-1990

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