Nebraska Amendment 2, State Aid for Schools Initiative (1946)
| Nebraska Amendment 2 | |
|---|---|
|
|
|
| Election date |
|
| Topic Public education funding and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
|
| Status |
|
| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nebraska Amendment 2 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 5, 1946. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported requiring the legislature to raise funds for public schools from sources other than property taxes, ensuring a minimum of $40 per pupil for daily attendance. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring the legislature to raise funds for public schools from sources other than property taxes, ensuring a minimum of $40 per pupil for daily attendance. |
Election results
|
Nebraska Amendment 2 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 101,881 | 28.13% | ||
|
|
260,345 | 71.87% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:
| “ | AN AMENDMENT to Section 6, Article VII, of the Constitution of Nebraska, relating to free instruction in the common schools, so as to require that the legislature shall raise revenue for the schools from sources other than real property tax in a sum of not less than Forty Dollars ($40.00) per pupil in average daily attendance, and to provide for the distribution thereof among the school districts of the state. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Nebraska, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 10% of registered voters at the signature deadline. Nebraska also has a distribution requirement that requires initiative proponents to collect signatures from 5% of the registered voters in two-fifths (38) of Nebraska's 93 counties. 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 legislative referrals.
See also
External links
Footnotes
 |
State of Nebraska Lincoln (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2025 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Government |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
