Cal. Const., art. IX, § 5 · Article IX. EDUCATION

Cal. Const., art. IX, § 5

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

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 every year, after the first year in which a school has been established.

Notes and commentary — not constitutional text

History

Sec. 5 adopted 1879.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CONS&sectionNum=SEC.%205.&article=IX
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Cited by 3 provisions

Provisions in this library whose text cites Cal. Const., art. IX, § 5. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

Education Code

Government Code

Gov. Code, § 65850.02Printed as Section 5 of Article IX of the California Constitution

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