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

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[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.

”

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]

External links[edit]

Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Constitutional Amendments

Footnotes[edit]

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

[1] Legislative Reference Library of Texas, "Constitutional amendment election dates," accessed June 1, 2023

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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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