Texas Proposition 2, Bonds for Educational Loans Amendment (2007)
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| Topic Bond issues and Education |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 6, 2007. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported issuing $500 million in bonds for student educational loans. |
A "no" vote opposed issuing $500 million in bonds for student educational loans. |
Election results
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718,282 | 65.84% | ||
| No | 372,659 | 34.16% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students and for authority to enter into bond enhancement agreements with respect to general obligation bonds issued for that purpose. | ” |
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 Senate Joint Resolution 57 during the 80th regular legislative session in 2007.[1]
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Footnotes
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