- Article IX, Section 1
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- Every four-year-old child in Florida shall be offered a high quality pre-kindergarten learning opportunity by the state no later than the 2005 school year. This voluntary early childhood development and education program shall be established according to high quality standards and shall be free for all Florida four-year-olds without taking away funds used for existing education, health and development programs.
Statewide total needed for judicial and financial impact review
(signed by 25% of voters required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts):
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48,869
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Statewide total needed to make ballot position
(signed by 8% of the voters in at least one-half of Florida's congressional
districts and in the state as whole as of the last presidential election): |
488,722
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Statewide total currently valid: |
514,667*
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Congressional district totals needed for judicial and economic reviews and ballot placement, with currently valid signatures: |
View by District by County
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- *Statewide and congressional district totals for ballot position are NOT OFFICAL until the Secretary of State determines the
requisite signatures have been obtained and issues a certificate of ballot position. Once an initiative petition is certified for ballot position,
total currently valid may exceed the official totals at time of certification. For status on ballot position, see Status Table below.
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- To find out the signature threshold required in each Congressional District for review and ballot position, the current number of verified signatures
in each Congressional District by county, and how many Congressional Districts may have met or exceeded signature thresholds, click the link above titled
"View by District by County".
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Approval Date: |
01/25/2002 |
Undue Burden: |
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Made Review: |
04/17/2002 |
Attorney General: |
04/17/2002 |
Sent to Supreme Court: |
05/02/2002 |
Supreme Court Ruling: |
Constitutional
: Accordingly, we hold that the initiative petition and proposed ballot title and summary meet the legal requirements of article XI, section 3 of the Florida Constitution, and section 101.161(1), Florida Statutes (2001).
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SC Ruling Date: |
07/11/2002 |
Made Ballot: |
07/30/2002 |
Ballot Number: |
8 |
Election
Date: | 11/05/2002 |
Votes For: |
2,868,500 |
Votes Against: |
1,974,408 |
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