Provisions
IX.2 proposed for 1870 • Free education.
REJECTED
The Text
The Legislature shall provide for the free instruction, in the common schools of this State, of all persons between seven and twenty years of age.
A Few Facts
• Has 25 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article IX:
• Been a new addition
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