§ 1 A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to …
§ 2 A Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be elected by the …
§ 2.1 The State Board of Education, on nomination of the Superintendent of …
§ 3 A Superintendent of Schools for each county may be elected by the …
§ 3.1 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the …
§ 3.2 Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, …
§ 3.3 Except as provided in Section 3.2 of this article, it shall be …
§ 5 The Legislature shall provide for a system of common schools by which …
§ 6 Each person, other than a substitute employee, employed by a school …
§ 6½ Nothing in this constitution contained shall forbid the formation of …
§ 7 The Legislature shall provide for the appointment or election of the …
§ 7.5 The State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks for use in grades …
§ 8 No public money shall ever be appropriated for the support of any …
§ 9 (a) The University of California shall constitute a public trust, to …
§ 14 The Legislature shall have power, by general law, to provide for the …
§ 16 (a) It shall be competent, in all charters framed under the authority …

Terms Used In California Constitution > Article IX - Education

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.