Tex. Const. art. VII, § 8 · Article 7. EDUCATION
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The Legislature shall provide by law for a State Board of Education, whose members shall be appointed or elected in such manner and by such authority and shall serve for such terms as the Legislature shall prescribe not to exceed six years. The said board shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 6, 1928.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.7.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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