ARTICLE IX EDUCATION [SECTION 1. - SEC. 16.]
Article 9 adopted 1879.
Art. IX, §§ 1–16 · 16 sections
- Art. IX, § 1 A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall…
- Art. IX, § 2 A Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at each gubernatorial election. The Superintendent of Public…
- Art. IX, § 2.1 The State Board of Education, on nomination of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall appoint one Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction and…
- Art. IX, § 3 A Superintendent of Schools for each county may be elected by the qualified electors thereof at each gubernatorial election or may be appointed by the county…
- Art. IX, § 3.1 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, the Legislature shall prescribe the qualifications required of county superintendents…
- Art. IX, § 3.2 Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, any two or more chartered counties, or nonchartered counties, or any combination thereof,…
- Art. IX, § 3.3 Except as provided in Section 3.2 of this article, it shall be competent to provide in any charter framed for a county under any provision of this…
- Art. IX, § 5 The Legislature shall provide for a system of common schools by which a free school shall be kept up and supported in each district at least six months in…
- Art. IX, § 6 Each person, other than a substitute employee, employed by a school district as a teacher or in any other position requiring certification qualifications shall…
- Art. IX, § 6½ Nothing in this constitution contained shall forbid the formation of districts for school purposes situate in more than one county or the issuance of bonds by…
- Art. IX, § 7 The Legislature shall provide for the appointment or election of the State Board of Education and a board of education in each county or for the election of a…
- Art. IX, § 7.5 The State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks for use in grades one through eight throughout the State, to be furnished without cost as provided by…
- Art. IX, § 8 No public money shall ever be appropriated for the support of any sectarian or denominational school, or any school not under the exclusive control of the…
- Art. IX, § 9 (a) The University of California shall constitute a public trust, to be administered by the existing corporation known as “The Regents of the University of…
- Art. IX, § 14 The Legislature shall have power, by general law, to provide for the incorporation and organization of school districts, high school districts, and community…
- Art. IX, § 16 (a) It shall be competent, in all charters framed under the authority given by Section 5 of Article XI, to provide, in addition to those provisions allowable…