Nebraska Amendment 4, Public Education Financing Measure (1980)

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Nebraska Amendment 4

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Election date

November 4, 1980

Topic
Public education funding and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State legislature



Nebraska Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nebraska on November 4, 1980. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to establish a system of public education financing that did not impose unfair or excessive property tax burdens.

A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to establish a system of public education financing that did not impose unfair or excessive property tax burdens.


Election results

Nebraska Amendment 4

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 245,845 44.13%

Defeated No

311,203 55.87%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

Constitutional amendment to provide that the Legislature enact a system of financing public education which does not impose an unfair and excessive property tax burden.

[ ] For

[ ] Against

Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

A vote FOR this proposal would provide that the Legislature shall enact a method of financing public education which would meet the state's responsibility to provide maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of common schools, which method shall not rely on property taxes to the extent that an unfair and excessive burden is imposed on property owners.

A vote AGAINST this proposal would not add to the constitution the above mandate to the Legislature relative to the enactment of a plan for the financing of public education in the state.

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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