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