Michigan School Aid Fund Amendment (2012)

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This measure was not put on an election ballot

The Michigan School Aid Fund Amendment did not make the November 6, 2012 statewide ballot in Michigan as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have restricted the use of the state School Aid Fund to public K-12 schools only.

The proposal, supported by a group of Democractic lawmakers, was developed to prevent proposals like Gov. Rick Snyder's proposal to use School Aid Funds for community college and public university 2012 budgets.

The School Aid Fund was established in 1963 following a constitutional amendment. According to reports, the funds were to have been used for "school districts, higher education and school employees' retirement systems."

Polls

See also: Polls, 2012 ballot measures

• A EPIC-MRA poll conducted April 27-May 3 found that the proposed measure was supported by 61 percent, while 30 percent were opposed and 9 percent were undecided. The poll surveyed 600 likely voters and had a margin or error of +/- 4 percentage points.

Legend      Position is ahead and at or over 50%     Position is ahead or tied, but under 50%

Date of Poll	Pollster	In favor	Opposed	Undecided	Number polled
April 27-May 3	EPIC-MRA	61%	30%	9%	600

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Michigan Constitution

To place the measure on the ballot, a minimum two-thirds vote was required in both the House and the Senate.

See also

Suggest a link

• 2012 ballot measures
• Michigan 2012 ballot measures

Additional reading

• Observer & Eccentric, "Proposed amendment would limit fund to support only K-12," March 31, 2011 (dead link)

Editorials

• Lansing State Journal, "Don't use K-12 fund for higher education," April 3, 2011

Footnotes

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