Provisions
XI.4 of 1939 • Use of public property or money in aid of denominational schools prohibited; transportation of children authorized.
APPROVED
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, but the legislature may provide for the transportation of children to and from any school or institution of learning.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article XI: Education
• Has 87 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1895-IX.4
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