Article IX. Education
Article IX, Section 11. Compulsory education
Constitution of the State of Colorado
Official text
The general assembly may require, by law, that every child of sufficient mental and physical ability, shall attend the public school during the period between the ages of six and eighteen years, for a time equivalent to three years, unless educated by other means.
Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 56.
Source: Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Constitution (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services)
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