Texas Proposition 4, County Student Loan Fund Amendment (July 1915)

Texas Proposition 4
Election date July 24, 1915
Topic County and municipal governance and Education
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Texas Proposition 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on July 24, 1915. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing county commissioners to create a student loan fund.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing county commissioners to create a student loan fund.

Election results

Texas Proposition 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		27,529	21.15%
No		102,627	78.85%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 4 was as follows:

“

Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the creation of a students' loan fund in each county in connection with the public schools thereof.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as House Joint Resolution 9 during the 34th regular legislative session in 1915.

See also

1915 Measures

• 1915 Measures
• Education on the ballot
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1915 legislative sessions

Texas

• Texas ballot measures
• Texas ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments