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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876: | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876: | ||
No money shall be appropriated, or drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any sect, or religious society, theological or religious seminary; nor shall property belonging to the State be appropriated for any such purposes. | '''No money shall be appropriated, or drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any sect, or religious society, theological or religious seminary; nor shall property belonging to the State be appropriated for any such purposes.''' | ||
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The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1973/jh0066.pdf H-66] (1973), opined at length on the constitutionality of the Tuition Equalization Grant Program. | The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1973/jh0066.pdf H-66] (1973), opined at length on the constitutionality of the Tuition Equalization Grant Program. | ||
And recently, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2023/kp-0439.pdf KP-439] (2023), he opined | And recently, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2023/kp-0439.pdf KP-439] (2023), he opined that this section generally violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. | ||
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