CONST 0010-0001 ANNOTATIONS

Note

This article was renumbered from Article IX to be Article X by Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978. The former Article X now appears as Article XI.

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ANNOTATIONS ABOVE RELATE TO ARTICLE, CHAPTER, OR PART HEADING;

ANNOTATIONS BELOW ARE FOR SECTION ONLY.

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Cross References

Admission Act provisions, see §5(f).

Department of education, see §26-12.

Attorney General Opinions

Policy regarding use of buses during release-time religious instruction not prohibited. Att. Gen. Op. 66-24.

The Church College of Hawaii is a private educational institution and cannot receive an appropriation of public funds. Att. Gen Op. 67-13.

Appropriation of public funds for transporting both private and public school children is not invalid. Att. Gen. Op. 67-13. See also Att. Gen. Op. 58-59.

Appropriation of public funds to provide insurance for JPO's at nonpublic schools is precluded. Att. Gen. Op. 73-15.

Department of education may use appropriated funds to contract with private language schools to provide language skills as alternative to enrolling in DOE language courses. Att. Gen. Op. 77-2.

A publicly-funded school voucher program would violate this section. Att. Gen. Op. 03-1.

Case Notes

Mentioned in 403 U.S. 602 at 647, concerning provision prohibiting use of public funds to aid sectarian schools.

"Support or benefit" construed; provision prohibits appropriations to provide bus transportation subsidies to nonpublic school students. 51 H. 1, 449 P.2d 130.

First sentence encompasses the selection and location of public schools and university sites. 56 H. 582, 545 P.2d 684.

 

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