California Proposition 9, School Tax Funding Initiative (1932)
| California Proposition 9 | |
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| Election date November 8, 1932 | |
| Topic Education | |
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| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
California Proposition 9 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on November 8, 1932. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported creating an income tax to fund schools, appropriating $40 per every elementary school student and $75 per every high school student, and requiring at 75% of the state's money given to schools to be used for teachers' salaries. |
A “no” vote opposed creating an income tax to fund schools, appropriating $40 per every elementary school student and $75 per every high school student, and requiring at 75% of the state's money given to schools to be used for teachers' salaries. |
Election results
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California Proposition 9 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 552,739 | 32.57% | ||
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1,144,449 | 67.43% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 9 was as follows:
| “ | School Funds. Income, Sales Tax | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Initiative constitutional amendment. Provides for income tax on individuals, estates and trusts, and selective sales tax. Provides for state public school equalization fund, requiring therefor annual minimum appropriation of forty dollars per elementary pupil and seventy dollars per high school pupil. Permits county and district school taxes. Requires school district taxes to meet district budget. Requires district apply to teachers' salaries seventy-five per cent of state moneys received for elementary schools and seventy-five per cent of that received for secondary schools, unless it expends therefor seventy per cent of maintenance budget less auxiliary expenses. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated amendments filed in 1932, at least 110,811 valid signatures were required.
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