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Constitution of the State of Texas.
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ARTICLE IX.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the Legislature of this
State, to make suitable provisions for the support and maintenance
of a system of public free schools, for the gratuitous instruction of
all the inhabitants of this State, between the ages of six and
eighteen years.
SEC. 2. There shall be a Superintendent of Public Instruction,
who, after the first term of office, shall be elected by the people;
the first term of office shall be filled by appointment of the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Superintendent shall hold his office for the term of four years. He
shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars,
until otherwise provided by law. In case of vacancy in the office
of the Superintendent, it shall be filled by appointment of the Governor,
until the next general election.
SEC. 3. -The Superintendent shall have the supervision of the
public free schools of the State, and shall perform such other
duties concerning public instruction as the Legislature may direct.
The Legislature may lay off the State into convenient school districts,
and provide for the formation of a board of school directors
in each district. It may give the district boards such legislative
powers, in regard to the schools, school houses, and school fund
of the district, as may be deemed necessary and proper. It shall
be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recommend
to the Legislature, such provisions of law as may be
found necessary, in the progress of time, to the establishment and
perfection of a complete system of education, adapted to the circumstances
and wants of the people of this State. He shall, at
each session of the Legislature, furnish that body with a complete
report of all the free schools in the State, giving an account
of the condition of the same and the progress of education within
the State. Whenever required by either House of the Legislature,
it shall be his duty to furnish all information called for, in relation
to public schools.
SEC. 4. The Legislature shall establish a uniform system of
public free schools throughout the State.
SEC. 5. The Legislature, at its first session, (or as soon thereafter
as may be possible,) shall pass such laws as will require the
attendance on the public free schools of the State of all the scholastic
population thereof, for the period of at least four months of
each and every year; provided, that when any of the scholastic inhabitants
may be shown to have received regular instruction, for
said period of time in each and every year, from any private
teacher having a proper certificate of competency, this shall ex27-VOL.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6732/m1/419/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .