Secretary of State No.
167
Description
TRANSPORTATION--ASSIGNMENTS, SCHOOL PUPILS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Amends equal protection and due process clause of California Constitution (Article I, section 7, subdivision (a)) to provide that California Constitution imposes no obligations or responsibilities on public educational agencies different from those imposed by equal protection clause of the United States Constitution regarding use of school assignments or transportation to avoid or alleviate racial imbalance or segregation or alter ratios of school pupils of any race, color or national origin attending any public school. Provides for retroactive application of this amendment and for dissolution, modification of state court orders based on different constitutional interpretation. Fiscal impact: Impossible to predict. Could result in potential but unknown savings.
Proponents
Alan Robbins, 5475 Katherine Avenue, Van Nuys, California 91401; William C. Jackson, 1924 West 108Th Street, Los Angeles, California 90047; John Serrano, Jr., 1919 La Cana, Hacienda Heights, California 91745
Date
1-16-1978
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
Transportation--Assignment, School Pupils California Initiative 167 (1978).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/334