California Proposition 174, School Vouchers (1993)

California Proposition 174

Election date
November 2, 1993
Topic
Education
Status
d Defeated
Type
Constitutional amendment| Origin
Citizens

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California Proposition 174 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in California on November 2, 1993. It was defeated.

Proposition 174 would have provided vouchers for families in California to pay tuition at schools other than their local public school. The amount of the voucher would have equalled half of the amount spent by the state on each child. The scholarship could have been used for the payment of tuition and other education fees at schools with 25 pupils or more that choose to join the program. Both private and public schools could become independent and require payments from parents beyond the voucher amounts provided.

Proposition 174 would also have imposed new restrictions on the ability of state and local governments to create new regulations affecting private schools, and would have allowed parents to choose which schools within the district their children would attend.

Opponents spent $18 million to defeat Proposition 174.[1]

## Contents

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

## Election results[edit]

California Proposition 174

Result | Votes | Percentage
Yes | 1,561,514 | 30.44%

| 3,567,833 | 69.56%

Results are officially certified.
Source

## Text of measure

### Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 174 was as follows:

EDUCATION. VOUCHERS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

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### Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

•Amends California Constitution to enable parents to choose a child's school by requiring State to provide a voucher for every school-age child equal to at least 50 percent of prior fiscal year per pupil spending for K-12 public schools.

•Requires Legislature to establish procedures whereby public schools may become independent voucher-redeeming schools. Vouchers may be redeemed by such schools and by qualifying private schools. Authorizes required academic testing.

•Limits new regulation of private and voucher-redeeming schools.

•Voucher expenditures and specified savings count toward education's existing constitutional minimum funding guarantee.| ”

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### Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

## Path to the ballot[edit]

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 1993, at least 615,958 valid signatures were required.

## See also

1993 Measures

* 1993 Measures
* Education on the ballot
* 1993 legislative sessions

California

* California ballot measures
* California ballot measure laws

News and analysis

* Ballot measure lawsuits
* Ballot measure readability
* Ballot measure polls

## External links[edit]

* 1993 Special Election Official Voter Guide

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Special elections in California (dead link)

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