CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 9 EDUCATION
SEC. 5. 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.....
CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 9 EDUCATION
SEC. 7.5. The State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks for use in grades one through eight throughout the State, to be furnished without cost as provided by statute.
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