Texas Student Loans Funding Amendment (August 1969)
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| Topic Education and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Student Loans Funding Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on August 5, 1969. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing an additional $200 million in bonds to fund students loans for higher education under the Texas Opportunity Plan. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing an additional $200 million in bonds to fund students loans for higher education under the Texas Opportunity Plan. |
Election results
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Texas Student Loans Funding Amendment |
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376,914 | 60.40% | ||
| No | 247,135 | 39.60% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Student Loans Funding Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for additional loans to students at institutions of higher education under the Texas Opportunity Plan. | ” |
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 House Joint Resolution 50 during the 61st regular legislative session in 1969.[1]
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Footnotes
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