Virginia School District Consolidation Amendment (1950)

Virginia School District Consolidation Amendment
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Education
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Virginia School District Consolidation Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Virginia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to consolidate school districts.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to consolidate school districts.

Election results

Virginia School District Consolidation Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		90,131	55.78%
No		71,447	44.22%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for School District Consolidation Amendment was as follows:

“

Shall section one hundred thirty-three of the Constitution of Virginia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the consolidation, into one school division, of one or more counties or cities with one or more counties or cities, and the supervision of schools in any such division?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Virginia Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Virginia General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Virginia House of Delegates and 21 votes in the Virginia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1950 Measures

• 1950 Measures
• Education on the ballot
• 1950 legislative sessions

Virginia

• Virginia ballot measures
• Virginia ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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

External links

• Virginia Statement of Votes (1950)