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Proposition 9

California Statewide • 1982 •  Legislative Referendum 

Failed

Result: 38.9% yes, 61.1% no

AI-generated plain-language summary

This ballot measure would have allowed nonpublic schools to purchase textbooks from the same state-approved list used by public schools. It would have expanded the existing state textbook adoption system to include private and parochial schools as eligible purchasers.

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