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South Carolina Superintendent of Education Amendment (2016)
| Superintendent of Education Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The South Carolina Superintendent of Education Amendment did not appear on the November 8, 2016, ballot in South Carolina as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have made the Superintendent of Education a position appointed by the governor, rather than one elected by voters.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | Must Section 7, Article VI of the Constitution of this State, relating to state constitutional officers, be amended so as to delete the Superintendent of Education from the list of state officers which the Constitution requires to be elected; to provide that upon the expiration of the term of the Superintendent of Education serving in office on the date of the ratification of this provision, the superintendent must be appointed by the Governor, upon the advice and consent of the Senate; and to require the General Assembly to provide by law for the duties, compensation, and qualifications for office, the procedures by which the appointment is made, and the procedures by which the Superintendent of Education may be removed from office?
Yes [ ] Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'.[2] |
” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the South Carolina Constitution
The proposed amendment had to be approved by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of the South Carolina Legislature to be placed on the ballot. The measure passed the house of representatives, with 83 in favor and 20 against, but failed to come up for a vote in the state senate.
If approved by voters, the amendment would have gone back to the legislature for a second approval before becoming law.
Related measures
- South Carolina Amendment 1, Appointed Superintendent of Education Measure (2018)
- North Carolina Department of Education Amendment (2016)
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Carolina Legislature, "H. 3041," accessed February 19, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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