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Provisions

IX.4 of 1895 • Property, credit or public money, not to be used.

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The Text

Neither the State nor any subdivision thereof, shall use its property or credit or any public money, or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any religious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine is taught.


A Few Facts

• Joined the Constitution in 1895

• In Article IX: Education

• Has 68 words

• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention

• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1894

• Is a new addition

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