Nebraska Amendment 1, Repeal English Language Requirement in Private Schools Measure (May 2000)
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| Topic English language policy and School choice policy |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Nebraska Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on May 9, 2000. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported this amendment to repeal an English language requirement for private, denominational, and parochial schools. |
A "no" vote opposed this amendment to repeal an English language requirement for private, denominational, and parochial schools. |
Election results
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Nebraska Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 68,234 | 23.13% | ||
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226,762 | 76.87% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | A constitutional amendment to eliminate an English language requirement for private, denominational, and parochial schools. [ ] For [ ] Against | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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A vote FOR this proposal will exempt private, denominational and parochial schools from the present requirement that all common school branches shall be taught in the English language in public, private, denominational and parochial schools, retaining this requirement for public schools only. A vote AGAINST this proposal will retain the present provision that the common branches shall be taught in the English language in all schools in the state, private, denominational and parochial, as well as public. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Nebraska Constitution
A 60% supermajority vote is required during one legislative session for the Nebraska State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 30 votes in the unicameral legislature, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval. However, the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure must be greater than 35% of the total votes cast in the election. This also applies to citizen initiatives.
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