South Carolina Establishment of a State Board of Education, Amendment 6 (1972)
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The South Carolina Establishment of a State Board of Education, Amendment 6 was on the ballot in South Carolina on November 7, 1972, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved.
This amendment provided for a State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education.[1]
Election results
| South Carolina Amendment 6 (1972) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 247,061 | 56.82% | ||
| No | 187,757 | 43.18% | ||
Election results via: South Carolina Election Commission
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| "Shall Article XI of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to provide for a State Board of Education, State Superintendent of Education, free school system and other public institutions of learning, prohibit direct public financial aid to religious or other private educational institutions, to delete provisions relating to: election of school officers, payment to school officers and county treasurers from school funds, General Assembly defining enrollment, school trustees, poll tax, taxes levied by school districts, separate schools for races, specific higher education and other related references, gifts for education, gifts to State not designated, escheated property, and income from alcoholic beverages?"[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Carolina Election Commission, "Report of the South Carolina Election Commission: For the Period Ending June 30, 1973," accessed October 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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