Provisions
XII.4 proposed for 1916 • Property, credit or public money, not to be used.
REJECTED
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
• Has 68 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 4 of 1915
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1916
• Been in Article XII: Education
• Re-upped the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1895-IX.4
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