Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment 52: COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

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Amendment 52

AMEND. 52. COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
Publisher’s Notes. This amendment was proposed by
initiative petition and adopted at the general election on
Nov. 3, 1964, by a vote of 221,199 for and 219,618 against.
§ 1. General Assembly may establish districts to furnish community college instruc-
tion and technical training.
The General Assembly may by law provide for the establishment of districts for the purpose of
providing community college instruction and technical training. The General Assembly shall
prescribe the method of financing such communuity college and technical institutes, and may
authorize the levy of a tax upon the taxable property in such districts for the acquisition,
construction, reconstruction, repair, expansion, operation, and maintenance of facilities therefor.
§ 2. Prior approval of majority of qualified voters in proposed district required.
No such district shall be created and no such tax shall be levied upon the property in an
established district except upon approval of a majority of the qualified electors of such proposed
or established district voting thereon. Provided that any millage so approved by the electors of a
district shall be a continuing levy until increased, reduced or repealed in such manner as may be
provided by law, providing they shall ever remain a community college and shall never be
extended into four-year institutions.