Arkansas Funding for Education Amendment (2016)

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Arkansas
Funding for Education Amendment
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Typelegislatively referred constitutional amendment
TopicEducation
StatusNot on the ballot

Not on Ballot
Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
This measure was not put
on an election ballot

The Arkansas Funding for Education Amendment was not on a 2016 election ballot in Arkansas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.

If approved, the measure would have provided that state funds expended to support public education shall not exceed a certain percentage of overall state expenditures.[1]

Text of measure

The full text of the measure can be found here.[1]

Support

The measure was being sponsored by Rep. Nate Bell (R-20).[1]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Arkansas Constitution

Section 22, Article 19, of the Arkansas Constitution says that a majority vote is required in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature in order to send a measure to the ballot.

The Arkansas Legislature did not take action on the bill; therefore, the measure was not put on the ballot.

See also

Footnotes