Utah Proposition 3, Restructure the Education Article Amendment (1986)

Utah Proposition 3
Election date November 4, 1986
Topic Constitutional wording changes and Higher education governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 4, 1986. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending and repealing portions of the constitution to create a new Education Article which: separates the public education and higher education systems; states that all schools from grades 1-12 must be provided to the public without cost;  prohibits direct support from the state to schools controlled by religious organizations; and otherwise revises the language of the constitution.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution, thus maintaining the language of the constitution that: does not separate the public education system from the higher education system;  states that all schools from grades 1-8 must be provided to the public without cost; and prohibits any support from the state to schools controlled by religious organizations.

Election results

Utah Proposition 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		238,289	59.78%
No		160,314	40.22%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:

“

Shall Article X, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, and 13 be amended and renumbered and Article X, Sections 7, 9, 10, and 11 be repealed, and Article VII, Section 17 and Article XIII, Section 7 be repealed to provide an Education Article which: retains a public education system and establishes a higher education system; provides for public elementary and secondary schools to be free, while allowing the Legislature to authorize fees in the secondary schools; retains an elected board of education; allows the Legislature to provide for the governance of the higher education system; prohibits state and local governments from making appropriations for the direct support of educational institutions controlled by any religious organization; repeals langauge in the Revenue and Taxation Article relating to education; repeals certain obsolete provisions; makes technical changes; and provides an effective date of July 1st, 1987?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds vote in both the legislative chambers is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1986 Measures

• 1986 Measures
• Higher education governance on the ballot
• Constitutional wording changes on the ballot
• Public education governance on the ballot
• Religion in public schools on the ballot
• 1986 legislative sessions

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• Utah ballot measure laws

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External links

• Utah Voter Guide (1986)