Article IX — Education
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Mo. Const. art. IX, § 1(b) Specific schools—adult education
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Specific schools for any contiguous territory may be established by law. Adult education may be provided from funds other than ordinary school revenues.
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 1(a) Free public schools—age limit
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A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the general assembly shall establish and maintain free public schools for the gratuitous instruction of all persons in this state within ages not in ex…
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 2(b) Commissioner of education—qualification, duties and compensation—appointment and compensation of professional staff—powers and duties of state board of education
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The board shall select and appoint a commissioner of education as its chief administrative officer, who shall be a citizen and resident of the state, and removable at its discretion. The board shall prescribe his duties and fix his compensation, and upon his recommendation shall …
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 2(a) State board of education—number and appointment of members—political affiliation—terms—reimbursement and compensation
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The supervision of instruction in the public schools shall be vested in a state board of education, consisting of eight lay members appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; provided, that at no time shall more than four members be of the same p…
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 3(c) Racial discrimination in employment of teachers
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No school district which permits differences in wages of teachers having the same training and experience because of race or color, shall receive any portion of said revenue or fund.
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 3(a) Payment and distribution of appropriations and income
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All appropriations by the state for the support of free public schools and the income from the public school fund shall be paid at least annually and distributed according to law.
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 3(b) Deficiency in provision for eight-month school year—allotment of state revenue for school purposes
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In event the public school fund provided and set apart by law for the support of free public schools, shall be insufficient to sustain free schools at least eight months in every year in each school district of the state, the general assembly may provide for such deficiency; but …
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 4 Public school and seminary funds—certificates of indebtedness—renewals—liquidation—legal investment of funds—tax levy for interest
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All certificates of indebtedness of the state to the public school fund and to the seminary fund are hereby confirmed as sacred obligations of the state to said funds, and they shall be renewed as they mature for such time and at such rate of interest as may be provided by law. T…
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 5 Public school fund—sources—payment into state treasury—investment—limitation on use of income
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The proceeds of all certificates of indebtedness due the state school fund, and all moneys, bonds, lands, and other property belonging to or donated to any state fund for public school purposes, and the net proceeds of all sales of lands and other property and effects that may ac…
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 6 Seminary fund—sources—payment into state treasury—investment—limitation on use of income
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The proceeds of all certificates of indebtedness due the seminary fund, the net proceeds of all sales of lands granted to the state for the benefit of the state university with its several divisions, as provided by law, and all gifts, grants, bequests, or devises to said seminary…
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 7 County and township school funds—liquidation and reinvestment—optional distribution on liquidation—annual distribution of income and receipts
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All real estate, loans, and investments now belonging to the various county and township school funds, except those invested as hereinafter provided, shall be liquidated without extension of time, and the proceeds thereof and the money on hand now belonging to said school funds o…
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 8 Prohibition of public aid for religious purposes and institutions
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Neither the general assembly, nor any county, city, town, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall ever make an appropriation or pay from any public fund whatever, anything in aid of any religious creed, church or sectarian purpose, or to help to support or…
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 9(b) Maintenance of state university and other educational institutions
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The general assembly shall adequately maintain the state university and such other educational institutions as it may deem necessary.
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 9(a) State university—government by board of curators—number and appointment
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The government of the state university shall be vested in a board of curators consisting of nine members appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate.
Mo. Const. art. IX, § 10 Free public libraries—declaration of policy—state aid to local public libraries
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to promote the establishment and development of free public libraries and to accept the obligation of their support by the state and its subdivisions and municipalities in such manner as may be provided by law. When any such sub…