Provisions
XI.1 of 1939 • Common schools.
APPROVED
The Text
The legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article XI: Education
• Has 26 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-IX.1
Credits
We did lots of research to publish this data, and we're updating the records to let you know where we got it. Check back soon for our sources!