Maine Public Funding of Religious Private Schools Initiative (2017)
| Maine Public Funding of Religious Private Schools Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2017 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Maine Public Funding of Religious Private Schools Initiative did not qualify for the ballot in Maine as an indirect initiated state statute on November 7, 2017.
The measure would have repealed the requirement that a private school must not be religious to receive public funds to use toward tuition.[1]
Text of Measure
Summary
The measure summary was as follows:[1]
| “ | This bill repeals the requirement that a private school must be nonsectarian in order to receive public funds for tuition purposes.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the measure was as follows:[1]
| “ | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §2951, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is repealed.[2] |
” |
Path to the ballot
- Danny Dalton submitted the petition and it was received by the secretary of state's office on October 14, 2015.
- To qualify for the 2016 ballot, proponents needed to collect 61,123 signatures, which was 10 percent of the total votes cast for governor in November 2014, by February 1, 2016. The secretary of state reported petitioners did not submit signatures.
- To qualify for the 2017 ballot, proponents needed to gather 61,123 signatures by January 26, 2017.[3] No signatures were submitted.
- The measure expired on April 14, 2017.[4]
See also
- Maine 2017 ballot measures
- 2017 ballot measures
- Maine ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Maine
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maine.gov, "Legislation," accessed January 26, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Maine Secretary of State, "Deadlines for Current Citizen Initiatives," accessed October 20, 2016
- ↑ Maine.gov, "Citizen Initiative Petitions Currently Approved for Circulation," accessed January 27, 2016
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