Section 1 Public schools of high quality to be maintained
Section 2 Standards of quality; State and local support of public schools
Section 3 Compulsory education; free textbooks
Section 4 Board of Education
Section 5 Powers and duties of the Board of Education
Section 6 Superintendent of Public Instruction
Section 7 School boards
Section 8 The Literary Fund
Section 9 Other educational institutions
Section 10 State appropriations prohibited to schools or institutions of learning not owned or exclusively controlled by the State or some subdivision thereof; exceptions to rule
Section 11 Aid to nonpublic higher education
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