Article VIII — Education and School Lands
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Or. Const. art. VIII, § 1 Superintendent of Public Instruction
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The Governor shall be superintendent of public instruction, and his powers, and duties in that capacity shall be such as may be prescribed by law; but after the term of five years from the adoption of this Constitution, it shall be competent for the Legislative Assembly to provid…
Or. Const. art. VIII, § 2 Common School Fund
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(1) The sources of the Common School Fund are: (a) The proceeds of all lands granted to this state for educational purposes, except the lands granted to aid in the establishment of institutions of higher education under the Acts of February 14, 1859 (11 Stat. 383) and July 2, 186…
Or. Const. art. VIII, § 3 System of common schools
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The Legislative Assembly shall provide by law for the establishment of a uniform, and general system of Common schools.
Or. Const. art. VIII, § 4 Distribution of school fund income
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Provision shall be made by law for the distribution of the income of the common school fund among the several Counties of this state in proportion to the number of children resident therein between the ages, four and twenty years.–
Or. Const. art. VIII, § 5 State Land Board; land management
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(1) The Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer shall constitute a State Land Board for the disposition and management of lands described in section 2 of this Article, and other lands owned by this state that are placed under their jurisdiction by law. Their powers and d…
Or. Const. art. VIII, § 6 Qualifications of electors at school elections
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In all school district elections every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upward who shall have resided in the school district during the six months immediately preceding such election, and who shall be duly registered prior to such election in the ma…
Or. Const. art. VIII, § 7 Prohibition of sale of state timber unless timber processed in Oregon
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(1) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of section 5 of this Article or any other provision of this Constitution, the State Land Board shall not authorize the sale or export of timber from lands described in section 2 of this Article unless such timber will be processed in Oregon. The…
Or. Const. art. VIII, § 8 Adequate and Equitable Funding
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(1) The Legislative Assembly shall appropriate in each biennium a sum of money sufficient to ensure that the state’s system of public education meets quality goals established by law, and publish a report that either demonstrates the appropriation is sufficient, or identifies the…