H.J.R. No. 8 Distribute earnings from the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund in the maintenance of schools
Amend the constitution to change the name of the Public School Fund to the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund; provide that earnings of the fund be deposited into the Public School Earnings Reserve Fund and distributed for the maintenance of the schools and among the counties and school districts of the state; require that no part of the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund be transferred, used or appropriated to any other fund; prohibit legislative appropriations from these funds, except to appropriate monies from the Public School Earnings Reserve Fund to pay for administrative costs in managing the assets of the public school endowment.
Source for Popular Vote data: Idaho Secretary of State. ABSTRACT OF VOTES Cast at the General Election November 3, 1998, Idaho Secretary of State (www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/98result/98stwcnt.xls) (accessed 10 Mar 2012)