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Oregon Measure 15, Maintain Funding for Schools and Community Colleges Initiative (1994)
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| Topic Education and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 15 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 8, 1994. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported requiring the state to fund schools and community colleges no less than the 1993-1995 base funding amount, adjusted for inflation, deflation, and enrollment changes over time. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring the state to fund schools and community colleges no less than the 1993-1995 base funding amount, adjusted for inflation, deflation, and enrollment changes over time. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 15 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 438,018 | 36.54% | ||
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760,853 | 63.46% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 15 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: STATE MUST MAINTAIN FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES QUESTION: Shall constitution set minimum state funding of schools, community colleges based on funds available from listed sources in 1993-95 biennium? SUMMARY: Amends state constitution. Requires legislature to fund schools and community colleges at no less than 1993-95 base amount, as adjusted. Base amount is the funds needed to give schools and community colleges same funding they had in 1993-95 from listed sources. Base amount must be adjusted for inflation, deflation and enrollment changes. Legislature must compute base amount and adjustments before each biennium. Legislature may change the amount for any school or community college so long as it gives at least total funds required by measure. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: Current direct state expenditures of $1.457 billion annually for primary and secondary schools and community colleges would Increase $713 million annually to $2.172 billion annually. Future annual costs must be adjusted for inflation and projected student population growth. | ” |
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 Oregon, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval unless the initiative proposes changing vote requirements, then the initiative must be approved by the same supermajority requirement as proposed by the measure.
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Footnotes
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