Sentences with phrase «most state constitutions»

While the United States Supreme Court has ruled that publicly funded school vouchers are constitutional under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, most state constitutions contain a version of the so - called «Blaine Amendment,» which bars state aid to parochial schools.

In addition, most state constitutions also contain an older «compelled support» clause, which forbids compelling taxpayers to support religious institutions through public funding.

While the U.S. Supreme Court has held that education is not a «fundamental interest» under the federal constitution, most state constitutions promise children access to an adequate education.

The dominant approach has treated school boards as legally subordinate to their states, recognizing that most state constitutions explicitly assign responsibility for and authority over public education to the state government.

Most state constitutions prohibit the use of public money for religious institutions.

Most state constitutions are not easily amended; fewer than a dozen provide for amendment by popular initiative.

Public education revenue has been insulated from the direct effects of economic ups and downs by a number of politically constructed conditions, including a privileged legal status in most state constitutions, multiple state and federal revenue sources, and stable tax support, such as property taxes, at the local level.

Most state constitutions have explicit language giving the state court of last resort the power to establish rules that are binding on the lower courts and their judges.