South Carolina Allow Public Funding for Religious and Private Educational Institutions Amendment (2024)
| South Carolina Allow Public Funding for Religious and Private Educational Institutions Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Education and State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The South Carolina Allow Public Funding for Religious and Private Educational Institutions Amendment was not on the ballot in South Carolina as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The amendment would have repealed the provision of the state constitution that prohibits the use of public funds for religious and private educational institutions.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for the amendment would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Must Section 4, Article XI of the Constitution of this State be repealed so as to eliminate the prohibition against the State or its political subdivisions providing direct aid to religious or other private educational institutions?[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text of the amendment is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the South Carolina Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in both the South Carolina State Senate and the South Carolina House of Representatives.
The amendment was introduced as House Joint Resolution 3591 on January 10, 2023. The state House passed the measure on February 28, 2022, in a vote of 83-27, along party lines with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed. Three members were absent and 11 members did not vote. The measure was not passed before the legislature adjourned the 2023 session.[1]
| Vote in the South Carolina House of Representatives | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 82  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 83 | 27 | 14 |
| Total percent | 66.94% | 21.77% | 11.29% |
| Democrat | 0 | 27 | 9 |
| Republican | 83 | 0 | 5 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 South Carolina State Legislature, "House Joint Resolution 3591," accessed March 2, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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