Texas Student Loans Funding Amendment (August 1969)

Texas Student Loans Funding Amendment

Election date

August 5, 1969

Topic
Education and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status

Approved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment | Origin

State legislature

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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.

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

## Election results[edit]

Texas Student Loans Funding Amendment

Result | Votes | Percentage

Yes

| 376,914 | 60.40%
No | 247,135 | 39.60%

Results are officially certified.
Source

## 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.

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### Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

## Path to the ballot[edit]

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]

## See also

1969 Measures

* 1969 Measures
* Education on the ballot
* State and local government budgets on the ballot
* spending on the ballot
* and finance on the ballot
* 1969 legislative sessions

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## External links[edit]

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Legislative Reference Library of Texas, "Constitutional amendment election dates," accessed June 1, 2023

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