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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 7 (view source)
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Sections 4 through 7 of Article I, including the recently adopted Section [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 6-a|6-a]], concern religion. | Sections 4 through 7 of Article I, including the recently adopted Section [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 6-a|6-a]], concern religion. | ||
Note the partial overlap of this section with Article VII, Section 5, which commands that no part of the permanent or available school fund ever be used for the support of a sectarian school. | |||
The Texas Supreme Court has never addressed this section, which prohibits the state from using either its money or property "for the benefit of" a religious group. | The Texas Supreme Court has never addressed this section, which prohibits the state from using either its money or property "for the benefit of" a religious group. | ||
However, 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 [http://www.collegeforalltexans.com/apps/financialaid/tofa2.cfm?ID=534 Tuition Equalization Grant Program.] | However, 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 [http://www.collegeforalltexans.com/apps/financialaid/tofa2.cfm?ID=534 Tuition Equalization Grant Program.] | ||
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