Georgia Amendment 1, Commissioner of Education Measure (1988)

Georgia Amendment 1
Election date November 8, 1988
Topic Administrative organization and Public education governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1988. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported replacing the office of State School Superintendent with the office of Commissioner of Education, appointed by the State Board of Education.

A "no" vote opposed replacing the office of State School Superintendent with the office of Commissioner of Education, appointed by the State Board of Education.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		598,817	39.81%
No		905,525	60.19%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for the office of commissioner of education in place of the office of State School Superintendent and to authorize the State Board of Education to appoint said commissioner of education?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Georgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in the Georgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in the Georgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1988 Measures

• 1988 Measures
• Public education governance on the ballot
• Administrative organization on the ballot
• 1988 legislative sessions

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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