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Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315, Tax Revenues for Public School Fund Initiative (1944)
| Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315 | |
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| Topic Education and Taxes |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 7, 1944. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported creating a state fund to support public elementary and secondary schools using existing tax revenues for school support, allocating a minimum of forty-five cents per child per day of attendance, and reducing property tax in local districts. |
A "no" vote opposed creating a state fund to support public elementary and secondary schools using existing tax revenues for school support, allocating a minimum of forty-five cents per child per day of attendance, and reducing property tax in local districts. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 314-315 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 177,153 | 48.65% | ||
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186,976 | 51.35% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 314-315 was as follows:
| “ | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT INCREASING STATE TAX FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT - Purpose: Adding to Article VIII, Oregon Constitution, a new section requiring the legislative assembly to create state fund, in addition to common school fund, for support of public elementary and secondary schools; fund to include revenue from taxes now provided by law for school support and sufficient to provide not less than forty-five cents per child per day of attendance for preceding school year. Taxes levied or imposed for fund not subject to six percent constitutional tax limitation. Until 1950, $8,000,000 to be applied annually to reduce property tax levies in local districts without affecting tax bases within six percent limitation. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment was equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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Footnotes
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