Article IX. Education

Article IX, Section 16. Textbooks in public schools

Constitution of the State of Colorado

Official text

Neither the general assembly nor the state board of education shall have power to prescribe textbooks to be used in the public schools.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 57.

Source: Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Constitution (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services)

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