Colorado Amendment 7, School Voucher Program and Nonpublic Education Regulations Initiative (1992)

Colorado Amendment 7
Election date November 3, 1992
Topic School choice policy
Status Defeated
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Colorado Amendment 7 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 3, 1992. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported amending the Colorado Constitution to: establish a state-funded voucher program, providing vouchers to parents of students aged 5 to 21 for public, private, or home schooling, with each voucher worth at least 50% of the average per-pupil expenditure in the student’s resident district, and prohibiting the state from increasing regulations on nonpublic education beyond the level in place on January 1, 1998, except for student achievement standards that are no stricter than those for public schools.

A “no” vote opposed amending the Colorado Constitution to: establish a state-funded voucher program, providing vouchers to parents of students aged 5 to 21 for public, private, or home schooling, with each voucher worth at least 50% of the average per-pupil expenditure in the student’s resident district, and prohibiting the state from increasing regulations on nonpublic education beyond the level in place on January 1, 1998, except for student achievement standards that are no stricter than those for public schools.

Election results

Colorado Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		503,162	33.21%
No		1,011,901	66.79%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

“

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution requiring that all state monies appropriated for general support of kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education be apportioned among Colorado students in the form of vouchers, authorizing the General Assembly to similarly apportion local taxes raised for educational purposes and funds appropriated for existing categorical services, providing that the object of such apportionments is to afford a choice of educational resources available in Colorado, including government (public), non-government, and home schools, and providing that, with respect to any share of school cost charged to the local property base, a student for whom a voucher is used for educational services shall be counted for attendance purposes only to the extent that said services are provided by the school district of the child's residence?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado

In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.

See also

1992 Measures

• 1992 Measures
• School choice policy on the ballot
• 1992 legislative sessions

Colorado

• Colorado ballot measures
• Colorado ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Colorado Blue Book (1992)