Ohio Opportunities for Higher Education Amendment (1994)

Ohio Opportunities for Higher Education Amendment
Election date November 8, 1994
Topic Education
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Opportunities for Higher Education Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 8, 1994. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the sale of tuition credits to increase higher education opportunities to Ohio residents.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the sale of tuition credits to increase higher education opportunities to Ohio residents.

Election results

Ohio Opportunities for Higher Education Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,816,087	60.39%
No		1,191,116	39.61%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Opportunities for Higher Education Amendment was as follows:

“

To amend Article IV of the Ohio Constitution by the addition of Section 6 To increase opportunities to the residents of the State of Ohio for higher education and to encourage Ohio families to save ahead to better afford higher education, this amendment will: Allow the state to maintain a program for the sale of tuition credits whereby the proceeds of such credits purchased for the benefit of state residents are guaranteed by the state to cover a specified amount when applied to the cost of tuition at any state institution of higher education and the same or a different amount when applied to the cost of tuition at any other higher education institution as may be provided by law. To require that tuition credits paid from the tuition credits program and the Ohio tuition trust fund be supported by the full faith and credit of the state of Ohio and require the passage of laws for the conduct of the tuition credits program consistent with this amendment. Require the General Assembly to appropriate money to offset any deficiency in the Ohio tuition trust fund to guarantee the payment of the full amount of any tuition payment or refund required by a tuition payment contract, and allow a majority of the members of each house of the General Assembly to appropriate funds for the payment of any tuition payment contract previously entered into. Require that all Ohio tuition trust fund assets be used for the purpose of the fund, and if the fund is liquidated, require that any remaining assets be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state. If adopted, this amendment will be effective immediately. Shall the proposed amendment be adopted?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution

A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1994 Measures

• 1994 Measures
• Education on the ballot
• 1994 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Cleveland State University Law Library, "Ohio Constitution - Law and History: Table of Proposed Amendments," June 2, 2023