K-12 Governance: State Constitutional Language

K-12 Governance: State Constitutional Language

Location of education provision in state constitution

November 2020

Each state's constitution generally contains language providing for a system of public education. The language of these constitutional provisions for education are important and consequential in how a state provides for its system of public education. The following information is direct language from each state's constitution pertaining to public education. There have been edits made to the constitutional language displayed below for brevity.

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Location of education provision in state constitution
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New Hampshire Article 83
Pennsylvania Article III
California Article IX
Colorado Article IX
Idaho Article IX
Iowa Article IX
Missouri Article IX
North Carolina Article IX
Washington Article IX
Kansas Article VI
Ohio Article VI
Nebraska Article VII
Texas Article VII
Wyoming Article VII
Alaska Article VII, § 1
Connecticut Article VIII
Georgia Article VIII
Indiana Article VIII
Louisiana Article VIII
Maine Article VIII
Maryland Article VIII
Michigan Article VIII
Mississippi Article VIII
North Dakota Article VIII
Oregon Article VIII
South Dakota Article VIII
Virginia Article VIII
New Jersey Article VIII, Sec. 4
Delaware Article X
Hawaii Article X
Illinois Article X
Montana Article X
Utah Article X
Wisconsin Article X
Arizona Article XI
Nevada Article XI
New York Article XI
South Carolina Article XI
Tennessee Article XI
New Mexico Article XII
Rhode Island Article XII
West Virginia Article XII
Minnesota Article XIII
Oklahoma Article XIII
Alabama Article XIV
Arkansas Article XIV
Florida Artilce IX
Vermont Chapter II, § 68
Massachusetts Chapter V
Kentucky Ky. Const. § 183