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Federal popular initiative 'Standardized school terms'

Status
Completed
Outcome
↩️ Withdrawn
Signature collection
1979-08-21
Valid signatures
104,750
Parliament recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative, contre-projet direct
Federal Council recommendation
❌ Rejet de l'initiative, contre-projet direct
Form
Federal popular initiative (specific draft)
Constitutional article
Art. 27bis, 4e al. (nouveau)

Initiative text

L'initiative a la teneur suivante:

La constitution fédérale est complétée comme il suit:

Art. 27bis, 4e al. (nouveau)

4La législation fédérale fixe la saison à laquelle l'année scolaire débute.

Timeline

Signatures by canton

Geodata © swisstopo

CantonSubmittedValid Invalid Share of population (%)
Zurich 4,592 4,359 233 0.39
Bern 19,612 18,877 735 2.06
Lucerne 18,161 17,972 189 6.06
Uri 1,222 1,214 8 3.63
Schwyz 5,157 5,095 62 5.22
Obwalden 141 138 3 0.53
Nidwalden 1,801 1,796 5 6.22
Glarus 2,493 2,474 19 6.83
Zug 3,972 3,941 31 5.16
Fribourg 1,476 1,432 44 0.77
Solothurn 11,266 11,146 120 5.12
Basel Stadt 950 942 8 0.47
Basel Landschaft 4,927 4,902 25 2.23
Schaffhausen 444 425 19 0.61
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 507 505 2 1.06
Appenzell Innerrhoden 49 49 0 0.38
St Gallen 19,527 19,223 304 4.91
Graubünden 2,682 2,639 43 1.62
Aargau 4,070 3,961 109 0.87
Thurgau 1,403 1,385 18 0.75
Ticino 438 404 34 0.15
Vaud 192 187 5 0.04
Valais 592 556 36 0.25
Neuchâtel 423 413 10 0.26
Geneva 599 546 53 0.15
Jura 177 169 8 0.26
Switzerland 106,873 104,750 2,123 1.64

Population estimates: Federal Statistical Office / HSSO

Federal data from the Federal Chancellery via LINDAS

Canton populations from the Federal Statistical Office and the Historical Statistics of Switzerland (HSSO)

Cantonal registers