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 This section partially overlaps with Article VII, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article VII, Section 5|5]], which prohibits use of the permanent or available school fund to support sectarian schools.
-The Texas Supreme Court has never addressed this section, which prohibits the State from using its money or property to "benefit" a religious group.
+The Texas Supreme Court has never addressed this section, which prohibits the State from using its money or property "for the benefit of" a religious group.
-Note that its unique text, which first appeared in a Texas constitution in 1876, is substantively similar to Section [https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/historical/miconstitution1835.htm 5] of the 1835 Michigan Constitution.
+Note that its unique text, which first appeared in a Texas constitution in 1876, is textually similar to Section [https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/historical/miconstitution1835.htm 5] of the 1835 Michigan Constitution.
 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.